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May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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CHINA. Kiangsu-Chingkiang. Mint Error -- Double Dragon Mule -- 10 Cash, ND (1906). Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-63 Brown.
cf. CL-TK.26/TK.27 (for obv./rev.). An INCREDIBLE RARITY that is almost never encountered on the market, this choice specimen features a double dragon striking, with one side being slightly more refined (similar to CL-TK.27) than the other (similar to CL-TK.26). Though CL does list two such "double dragon" mules, this example is rather unusual in that it pairs differing levels of refinement to the dies. The closest comparable piece that this cataloger could locate would be an example from our April 2012 Hong Kong auction, with an NGC MS-62 (with less difference between the two dragon styles) realizing a hammer of $27,500 (Lot # 21465). For the connoisseur of Chinese copper rarities, it is difficult to imagine a more marquee specimen.
Estimate: $15000 - $30000
cf. CL-TK.26/TK.27 (for obv./rev.). An INCREDIBLE RARITY that is almost never encountered on the market, this choice specimen features a double dragon striking, with one side being slightly more refined (similar to CL-TK.27) than the other (similar to CL-TK.26). Though CL does list two such "double dragon" mules, this example is rather unusual in that it pairs differing levels of refinement to the dies. The closest comparable piece that this cataloger could locate would be an example from our April 2012 Hong Kong auction, with an NGC MS-62 (with less difference between the two dragon styles) realizing a hammer of $27,500 (Lot # 21465). For the connoisseur of Chinese copper rarities, it is difficult to imagine a more marquee specimen.
Estimate: $15000 - $30000