China
Kwangtung. Kuang-hsü 50 Cents ND (1890-1905) AU53 PCGS, Kwangtung mint, KM-Y202, L&M-134, Kann-27, WS-0943. Demonstrating a characteristically soft strike just lightly smoothed by the subtle accumulation of wear, this popular minor nevertheless stands as wholly covetable in this condition, a fact verified by the preponderance of certified specimens ranking in numerically inferior grades. Tone is virtually absent from the piece, with residual satin texture preserved around the protected regions of the design, and cartwheel luster still flaring in the margins.
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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD