Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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(t) CHINA. Kirin. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), CD (1905). Kirin Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details.
L&M-557; K-513; KM-Y-183a.3; cf. WS-0498. Variety with hooked "sheng" and "kuang," and with dot within Manchu script. Despite being cleaned, the present example offers good details that are mostly free of handling. Though unnaturally bright, the surfaces are not bothered by the distracting hairlines that so often characterize cleaned examples.
Estimate: $3000 - $4000
L&M-557; K-513; KM-Y-183a.3; cf. WS-0498. Variety with hooked "sheng" and "kuang," and with dot within Manchu script. Despite being cleaned, the present example offers good details that are mostly free of handling. Though unnaturally bright, the surfaces are not bothered by the distracting hairlines that so often characterize cleaned examples.
Estimate: $3000 - $4000