Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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(t) CHINA. Dollar, Year 10 (1921). Tientsin Mint. NGC MS-62.
L&M-864; K-676; WS-0101; Chang-CH234. Variety with reeded edge and legend at bottom of reverse. Employing a rather enticing gunmetal gray nature to the tone, this highly collectable and heavily sought-after RARITY with the reverse legend presents a stunning level of underlying brilliance radiating throughout. Meanwhile, some flecks of cobalt and hues of goldenrod add further charm and character throughout. A great overall entrant into the crown series that is seemingly a bit conservatively graded.
Estimate: $30000 - $40000
L&M-864; K-676; WS-0101; Chang-CH234. Variety with reeded edge and legend at bottom of reverse. Employing a rather enticing gunmetal gray nature to the tone, this highly collectable and heavily sought-after RARITY with the reverse legend presents a stunning level of underlying brilliance radiating throughout. Meanwhile, some flecks of cobalt and hues of goldenrod add further charm and character throughout. A great overall entrant into the crown series that is seemingly a bit conservatively graded.
An incredibly popular and desirable type believed to have been a pattern issue, it now appears that these were, in fact, more medallic in nature, and meant to be given out upon the opening of the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). Initially designed with a blank field below the pavilion for recipients' names to be engraved, the design was altered to contain the three struck characters instead, as the engraving proved difficult on the initial batch.
Estimate: $30000 - $40000