Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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CHINA. Chihli (Pei Yang). 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), Year 23 (1897). Tientsin (East Arsenal) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-66.
L&M-444; cf. K-186; KM-Y-65.1; WS-0610. Variety with dragon displaying triangle-eyes with pupils and long horns. No other example of this type can boast the beauty of the present specimen offered here. Seldom offered in Mint State, this stunner stands alone at the top as the sole finest graded example. Somewhat frosty, but still showy, luster dazzles and dances in a graceful ballet of refraction. Essentially no contact to speak of is seen and certainly nothing to break the luster. Just a twinge of sunny toning radiates from the top obverse and reverse periphery, enlivening the surfaces. In this state of preservation, this lot is most assuredly one of the finest lots offered in the entire sale, and the RARITY ensures that the price realized will be much talked about for years. To view all items from the Kairos Collection, click here.
From the Kairos Collection.
Estimate: $150000 - $300000
L&M-444; cf. K-186; KM-Y-65.1; WS-0610. Variety with dragon displaying triangle-eyes with pupils and long horns. No other example of this type can boast the beauty of the present specimen offered here. Seldom offered in Mint State, this stunner stands alone at the top as the sole finest graded example. Somewhat frosty, but still showy, luster dazzles and dances in a graceful ballet of refraction. Essentially no contact to speak of is seen and certainly nothing to break the luster. Just a twinge of sunny toning radiates from the top obverse and reverse periphery, enlivening the surfaces. In this state of preservation, this lot is most assuredly one of the finest lots offered in the entire sale, and the RARITY ensures that the price realized will be much talked about for years. To view all items from the Kairos Collection, click here.
From the Kairos Collection.
Estimate: $150000 - $300000