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Kwangtung. Kuang-hsü 50 Cents ND (1890-1905) MS62 Prooflike PCGS, Kwangtung mint, KM-Y202, L&M-134, Kann-27, WS-0943, Wenchao-565. Heaton mint dies. Variety with Ku not connected. A coin of immediately impressive stature, and one whose sharp precision of detail and pondlike surface reflectivity evoke the question in the viewer's mind as to whether this is, in fact, a Specimen. Weakness atop portions of the dragon's scales are trademark for the issue, and while the rims here are perhaps not quite as distinctively squared-off as are those on high-grade Specimen strikings, this does not seem to dismiss the offering from being a special emission out-of-hand. In either case, a coin of the utmost (tone-free) beauty, and one worthy of in-hand inspection.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-kwangtung-kuang-hsu-50-cents-nd-1890-1905-ms62-prooflike-pcgs-/a/3100-34051.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3100-07072022
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
Kwangtung. Kuang-hsü 50 Cents ND (1890-1905) MS62 Prooflike PCGS, Kwangtung mint, KM-Y202, L&M-134, Kann-27, WS-0943, Wenchao-565. Heaton mint dies. Variety with Ku not connected. A coin of immediately impressive stature, and one whose sharp precision of detail and pondlike surface reflectivity evoke the question in the viewer's mind as to whether this is, in fact, a Specimen. Weakness atop portions of the dragon's scales are trademark for the issue, and while the rims here are perhaps not quite as distinctively squared-off as are those on high-grade Specimen strikings, this does not seem to dismiss the offering from being a special emission out-of-hand. In either case, a coin of the utmost (tone-free) beauty, and one worthy of in-hand inspection.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-kwangtung-kuang-hsu-50-cents-nd-1890-1905-ms62-prooflike-pcgs-/a/3100-34051.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3100-07072022
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD