Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2021 Hong Kong Auction 9-11 Apr 2021
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(t) CHINA. Kiangnan. Mint Error -- Struck Off Center -- 10 Cash, ND (1908). PCGS VF-35 Brown Gold Shield.
cf. CL-KN.70; KM-Y-10k.3. Part of a remarkable group of errors on Chinese coppers we are offering in this sale. Variety with incuse mintmark and clockwise swirl on fiery pearl. The dragon matches CL-KN.70 but the poor strike prevents us from seeing the diagnostic misspelled "TI-KIIO". Weakly struck about 5% off center to 7 o'clock. Well used and colored chocolate brown.
cf. CL-KN.70; KM-Y-10k.3. Part of a remarkable group of errors on Chinese coppers we are offering in this sale. Variety with incuse mintmark and clockwise swirl on fiery pearl. The dragon matches CL-KN.70 but the poor strike prevents us from seeing the diagnostic misspelled "TI-KIIO". Weakly struck about 5% off center to 7 o'clock. Well used and colored chocolate brown.
That this error and the others in this group are well circulated shows how little attention was paid to the fabric of the coins used every day.
Estimate: $80.00- $120.00