(t) CHINA. Sinkiang. 5 Fen (1/2 Miscal), AH 1297 (1880). Aksu Mint. PCGS VF-35.
L&M-778; KM-Y-A7.5. The first of this RARE Aksu Mint issue we can recall offering, with pewter gray surfaces, dusty graphite patina in the fields and a mildly oblong planchet. Exceptionally well-preserved considering the type, there is no question specialists will fiercely compete in order to obtain this type which may not come to market again for a long while.
Estimate: $600 - $900