China
Shantung. Kuang-hsü Fantasy Tael CD 1900-Dated MS61 NGC, KM-X35, Kann-B15, WS-1349-44, Wenchao-Unl., SHI-Unl. Among the more elusive emissions within the Chinese fantasy series, with fewer than 10 examples occurring in the auction record in recent years, and the type recorded in neither Wenchao nor A Selection of Chinese Modern/Contemporary Counterfeits and Fantasy Coins. While NGC has certified a very small number finer, we would note that the Chin Family specimen (also the plate piece in WS) certified at a mere AU58, while both of the examples present in the Goodman Collection were stated to have been "About Uncirculated." Featuring strikingly sculpturesque features that rise in clear relief above the antique salt-gray fields surrounding, the offering represents the sole example we have handled.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/shantung-province/china-shantung-kuang-hsu-fantasy-tael-cd-1900-dated-ms61-ngc-/a/3092-38220.s?type=CoinArchives3092
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD