Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2021 Hong Kong Auction 5-8 Apr 2021
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This particular survivor offers a characteristic not normally encountered on these relatively common issues, the appearance of die clashing on the reverse where faint remnants of the outer belly scales of the dragon connect the two characters "Xu" and "Bao". In fact this cataloger is aware of many varieties for a wide range of Chinese issues, but was totally oblivious to this die variant.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00