No Date Gold K-97b Fantasy MS(PCGS#800140)

May 2022 Hong Kong World Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

51075

等级

AU58

价格

163,007

详细说明

Stunningly Rare Sun Yat-sen Imitative Type in Gold CHINA. Kwangtung. Fantasy Imitative Gold 20 Cents, "Year 13" (1924). NGC AU-58. cf. L&M-155 (for regular issue in silver); cf. K-735 (same); KM-Pn23; cf. WS-0970 (same). ASTOUNDINGLY RARE, this striking in gold--though listed as a pattern in KM--is actually a slightly later issue struck outside the mint with characteristics that were intended to replicate the design of the circulating 20 Cent silver coinage of 1924. The paucity of records about this piece in the literature is certain to appeal to many, as the Kann number assigned to this example on the holder is incorrect (possibly a conflation of the silver striking references in L&M and Kann). Outside of the pattern designation in KM, no other source we're aware of records its existence. More definitively, this example provides a handsome sheen of golden luster and some orange golden toning. Though essentially unhandled, this specimen does displays some very subtle tooling in the fields that blends in quite well with the nature of the die polishing. With very few pieces of this composition known to have reached the secondary market (this being just one of three found by the cataloger), this beauty provides the collector who wants the best of RARITIES a chance at an evocative issue. Note: In consultation with NGC, and at the buyer's request, they have agreed to reholder this item free of charge at the auction's close to reflect its attribution as an imitative type. Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000. Provenance: Ex: Baldwin's/Hong Kong 45 (8/2008) Lot # 1284. Click here for certification details from NGC. 鳳毛麟角孫中山異質小金幣 民國十三年廣東省造貳毫後鑄異質金幣。 極為罕見 的異質金幣。KM 將其列為樣幣，亦可能用作贈予貴賓或官員的展示品。文獻中關於此幣的記錄極少，更令人趨之若鶩。評級盒上的 Kann 編號錯誤（或是用了銀幣的 L&M 及 Kann 編號）。除 KM 中的樣幣，並無其他資料提及其存在。金光閃爍，橙金色包漿美不勝收。無經手，底板的工具痕跡微弱，因有模具抛光而融合一致。流傳到二級市場的金質寥寥無幾 (此為編者所知三枚之一)。追求頂尖藏品的藏家絕不能錯過此千載難逢的良機。