Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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CHINA. Silver 50 Cents Pattern, Year 25 (1936). San Francisco Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-64+.
L&M-116; K-633; KM-Pn170; WS-0155; Shih-D3-27. Reeded edge. Obverse: bust of Sun Yat-sen left; date of the Republic above; all within circular meander pattern; Reverse: Ancient spade money piece; denomination across field; all within circular meander pattern. This EXCEEDINGLY RARE pattern issue offers immensely glossy and brilliant surfaces, along with just a tinge of burnished olive toning upon the reverse. The single finest graded example of the type seen at PCGS, this specimen even surpasses a pair emanating from the same collection (H. H. Kung) that we offered in our Fall 2021 Hong Kong auction (Lots # 21535 & 21536), the former of which (a PCGS SPECIMEN-64) realized a total of $240,000.
From the Family of H. H. Kung (Kong Xiangxi).
Estimate: $30000 - $60000
L&M-116; K-633; KM-Pn170; WS-0155; Shih-D3-27. Reeded edge. Obverse: bust of Sun Yat-sen left; date of the Republic above; all within circular meander pattern; Reverse: Ancient spade money piece; denomination across field; all within circular meander pattern. This EXCEEDINGLY RARE pattern issue offers immensely glossy and brilliant surfaces, along with just a tinge of burnished olive toning upon the reverse. The single finest graded example of the type seen at PCGS, this specimen even surpasses a pair emanating from the same collection (H. H. Kung) that we offered in our Fall 2021 Hong Kong auction (Lots # 21535 & 21536), the former of which (a PCGS SPECIMEN-64) realized a total of $240,000.
From the Family of H. H. Kung (Kong Xiangxi).
Estimate: $30000 - $60000