Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 12 (1923). Tientsin Mint. NGC MS-61.
L&M-81; K-680; KM-Y-336; WS-0114. Small characters variety. A rather popular and VERY RARE type, this shimmering specimen exhibits a good deal of glossy luster to the surfaces and some sultry amber-gray toning above. With respect to engraving, the level of detail on both dragon and phoenix is immaculate and majestic, as one can make out each feather and scale. Often misdescribed as the "PuYi Wedding" type, on account of the contemporaneous marriage of the former emperor, this type, in fact, features the emerging new symbol for the Republic--an attempt to distance the coinage from "imperialistic" portraits associated with Yuan Shih-kai and his brief stint at re-imposing an Empire under the reign name of Hung-hsien (Hongxian).
Estimate: $60000 - $90000
L&M-81; K-680; KM-Y-336; WS-0114. Small characters variety. A rather popular and VERY RARE type, this shimmering specimen exhibits a good deal of glossy luster to the surfaces and some sultry amber-gray toning above. With respect to engraving, the level of detail on both dragon and phoenix is immaculate and majestic, as one can make out each feather and scale. Often misdescribed as the "PuYi Wedding" type, on account of the contemporaneous marriage of the former emperor, this type, in fact, features the emerging new symbol for the Republic--an attempt to distance the coinage from "imperialistic" portraits associated with Yuan Shih-kai and his brief stint at re-imposing an Empire under the reign name of Hung-hsien (Hongxian).
Estimate: $60000 - $90000