| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40211 Price realized: 21,000 USD (Approx. 19,761 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 18 (1929). Hangchow Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-55. L&M-97; K-617; KM-Pn101; WS-0135-1; Chang-CH193; Wenchao-912 (rarity: ★★). Austrian design from Vienna Mint dies. One of the various designs whereby a number of world mints were tasked with their take on the eventual Sun Yat-sen/"junk" boat series of Dollars, this type created in Vienna but struck locally in Hangchow presents a bit of a more subtle take on the characters and iconography, with the former being a bit smaller in nature than the other mints, and the latter being a bit softer in detail and contour. To view all items from the Nine Dragons Collection, click here. From the Nine Dragons Collection. Estimate: $20000 - $40000 |  |
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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40210 Price realized: 42,000 USD (Approx. 39,522 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: (t) CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 18 (1929). Hangchow Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-61. L&M-95; K-616; KM-Pn100; WS-0139; Chang-CH197; Wenchao-910 (rarity: ★★). American design from Philadelphia Mint dies. The ever-popular and EXCEPTIONALLY RARE American design for the Sun Yat-sen Dollar, with dies emanating from the Philadelphia Mint, but struck in China at the Hangchow Mint. Mostly steely gray and exceptionally brilliant throughout, with abounding luster from the fields, and with a subtle degree of burnished champagne toning to add character at the peripheries. Estimate: $50000 - $75000 |  |
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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40190 Price realized: 115,000 USD (Approx. 108,215 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: (t) CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 12 (1923). Tientsin Mint. PCGS MS-64. L&M-81; K-680; KM-Y-336; WS-0114; Chang-CH241; Wenchao-885 (rarity: ★★). Small characters variety. Presenting some of the most enticing and attractive toning imaginable, this stunning pattern issue, displaying the proposed new national emblem, radiates with captivating beauty and flair. Each side features elements of crimson, cobalt, violet, and goldenrod, with the obverse evoking the renewing nature of spring, and the reverse verging upon the most eye-catching of sunsets. Sharply struck and extremely lustrous, this elevated near-Gem stands as an EXCEPTIONAL RARITY with all of its accolades. Estimate: $150000 - $200000 |  |
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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40188 Price realized: 46,000 USD (Approx. 43,286 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 12 (1923). Tientsin Mint. PCGS MS-61. L&M-80; K-680A; KM-Y-336.1; WS-0113; Chang-CH242; Wenchao-884 (rarity: ★★). Large characters variety. Presenting a proposed design for the new national emblem upon the obverse and the familiar reverse design of the Yuan Shih-kai series, this delightful Mint State pattern issue features lustrous surfaces that are essentially untoned. A light gunmetal gray nature dominates, while just a hint of champagne coloring can faintly be observed at the extremities. A SCARCER offering when encountered in such elevated state of preservation, especially when accounting for its slightly more difficult nature with respect to character size. To view all items from the Nine Dragons Collection, click here. From the Nine Dragons Collection. Estimate: $60000 - $80000 |  |
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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40158 Price realized: Withdrawn | |
| Lot description: (t) CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 3 (1914). Tientsin Mint. PCGS Genuine--Repaired, Proof. AU Details. L&M-72; K-643; KM-Pn32; WS-0166; Wenchao-858 (rarity: ★★★). An elegant and enticing pattern-only issue, this concept Dollar is a stark departure from the type that would eventually become adopted for use. Here, the countenance of Yuan Shih-kai is presented in a three-quarter facing view to the left, allowing for much more intricacy with his facial features. Given that it was sculped by the master, Luigi Giorgi, this additional design space allowed Giorgi to evoke much more character and feeling than with the side profile bust type that was ultimately utilized. VERY RARE and highly important, this specimen displays very light cleaning as well as some trivial rub upon the high points, but has begun to reacquire color quite magnificently. From the Ta Han/MCC Collection. Estimate: $75000 - $150000 |  |
Match 5:
| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > April 2024 Hong Kong Auction | Auction date: 15 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40186 Price realized: 48,000 USD (Approx. 45,168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CHINA. Silver Medallic Dollar, Year 10 (1921). Tientsin Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-58. L&M-956; K-676B; WS-0102; Chang-CH235. Variety with reeded edge and without legend at bottom of reverse. Standing as the RARER of the two types of this architecturally-inspired crown, this example presents just the slightest degree of gentle wear across the higher points, with the fields still retaining a great deal of shimmering brilliance. Rather evenly toned, with a pleasing steely gray spread throughout. An incredibly popular and desirable type believed to have been a pattern issue, it now appears that these were, in fact, more medallic in nature, and meant to be given out upon the opening of the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), the facade of which is displayed upon the reverse. Initially designed with a blank field below the pavilion for the intended recipient's name to be engraved, the reverse was altered slightly to contain the characters "紀念幣" between two rosettes, as the engraving proved difficult on the initial batch. To view all items from the Nine Dragons Collection, click here. From the Nine Dragons Collection. Estimate: $40000 - $60000 |  |
