| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40120 Price realized: 260,000 USD (Approx. 244,660 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: CHINA. Silver Tael Pattern Restrike, CD (1906). Tientsin Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). NGC MS-65. L&M-16A; cf. K-934 (no distinction made between originals & restrikes); cf. KM-Pn300 (same); cf. WS-0021 (same); cf. Wenchao-85 (rarity: ★★★★; [same]). An EXTREMELY RARE type that never caught on, this restrike of original foreshadows the later adopted Dollar-standard issue under Kuang-hsu. Incredibly attractive and enticing, this Gem radiates with impeccable lustrous brilliance and sharply incised characters and devices. Just a hint of golden toning peppers the surfaces, mostly concentrated around the devices, and serves as the only aspect that breaks an otherwise frosty, wholly argent nature. Undoubtedly an elite coin and a titan within the later imperial series, this specimen is surpassed in the NGC census by just a single example. Compare to a similar specimen from this later die state, a PCGS SPECIMEN-65 that realized a total of $1,350,000 in our October 2021 Hong Kong auction (Lot # 42054). To view all items from the Nine Dragons Collection, click here. From the Nine Dragons Collection. Estimate: $200000 - $400000 |  |
