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April 2021 Hong Kong Auction 5-8 Apr 2021
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(t) CHINA. Silver Medal of Merit for the Qing Dynasty, ND (1896). NGC MS-62.
L&M-989; Li-P.33. Also known as the "Legation" medal, commemorating Li Hung Chang's world tour. Both sides identical: Two facing dragons, a sun design between with six characters above and four below, the whole encircled by an ornamental border. A sharply struck Medal with a bit of flash in the fields, blessed with somber gray toning that shows some subtle color when rotated in the light.
Estimate: $5000.00- $8000.00
L&M-989; Li-P.33. Also known as the "Legation" medal, commemorating Li Hung Chang's world tour. Both sides identical: Two facing dragons, a sun design between with six characters above and four below, the whole encircled by an ornamental border. A sharply struck Medal with a bit of flash in the fields, blessed with somber gray toning that shows some subtle color when rotated in the light.
Estimate: $5000.00- $8000.00