| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 42302 Price realized: 3,600 USD (Approx. 3,388 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: CHINA. Sinkiang. Fantasy Silver Sar (Tael), "Year 7 (1918)". ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. cf. Goodman, Lot#1780; cf. L&M-839 (for prototype); K-1267 (for prototype); KM-Y-45.2 (for prototype). Weight: 36.5 gms. Highly reflective over the surfaces with engraving that is similar yet in a different style from the originals. This is the first we have offered, with the only other example we've seen appearing in the 1991 sale of the Irving Goodman Collection, that example realizing $577.50. In the Goodman auction (Superior Galleries - June 1991) an example from the same dies was cataloged as: "TIHWA. 1 Tael, dated in Chinese 7th Year (1918). K-1267. Rosette at top between branches. Plain edge. A superb well struck example with prooflike and brilliant surfaces. Rare in the high quality. UNCIRCULATED. ($1000 - UP) The best quality piece that our consignor has seen in 30 years of collecting. This coin may be an essay or specimen strike. Priced in 1966 Kann Catalogue at $450." ***Note: NGC has decided to not encapsulate this item (due to: No Decision) and thus it is being SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. To view all items from the Nine Dragons Collection, click here. From the Nine Dragons Collection. Acquired by consignor 11/14/1975. Estimate: $500 - $1000 |  |
