Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2022 Hong Kong Auction 3-9 May 2022
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CHINA. Yunnan. 1/2 Tael, ND (1943-44). Hanoi Mint. PCGS MS-60.
L&M-434; K-941; KM-A1; WS-0703; Lec-322. Struck for use in the French Indo-China opium trade. This wonderful Mint State example is mostly icy white, though occasionally is interrupted by patches of reddish patina. The brilliant surfaces pop with exquisite details, and some light handling evident in the fields accounts for the grade assigned.
Estimate: $2000 - $3000
L&M-434; K-941; KM-A1; WS-0703; Lec-322. Struck for use in the French Indo-China opium trade. This wonderful Mint State example is mostly icy white, though occasionally is interrupted by patches of reddish patina. The brilliant surfaces pop with exquisite details, and some light handling evident in the fields accounts for the grade assigned.
Estimate: $2000 - $3000