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Auction 40  13-15 May 2021
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Lot 1054

Starting price: 60 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash (18.06g), H-19.46, ta üen tong baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script (da yuan tong bao in Chinese), Fine, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-1971) was born in Silvberg, Säter, Dalarnas County, Sweden on July 30, 1884. He was a lawyer (advokat) and operated his own law firm in Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden. He was married to Märta Maria Pettersson and together they had one son, Svante Ullvius who was born on April 26, 1925. Karl was an avid collector and assembled a vast collection of antiquities and coins. After he died in 1971, his widow and son sold many coins to a local coin dealer in Helsingborg. This firm continued to purchase coins from his son Svante until the 1990s. Külüg Khan (Da Yuan), born Khayishan, meaning "wall" in Mongolian, was an Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and is regarded as the seventh Great Khan of the Mongols in Mongolia. His name means "warrior Khan" or "fine horse Khan" in the Mongolian language.

Estimate: 75-100 USD
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