China
Taiwan. Kuang-hsü 10 Cents ND (1893-1894) AU58 PCGS, Taiwan mint, KM-Y247.1, L&M-328, Kann-134, WS-1005 (1890). Large characters variety. A highly scarce silver minor, seldom surviving down to the present date in any sort of meaningful condition, let alone on the cusp of Mint State. Even close scrutiny reveals a modicum of meaningful wear, luster gripping the devices and revealing just the mildest of wisps to the surfaces. We would note that while the Standard Catalog and Lin and Ma both ascribe this issue to c. 1893, Wang Chun Li suggests that it was introduced in 1890.
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Estimate: 2000-2500 USD