Lot 3125
Sale 139 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Images
Coin 1
Coin 2
Coin 3
Coin 4
Coin 5
Description
China, Empire, Shen-Si Province, replica pattern (1898) five, ten, twenty, fifty cents and one dollar (KM.Pn1-Pn5), note says beware of forgeries. Dark blue and grey or gun metal tone, nearly uncirculated. (5)
Purchased at a Singapore Coin Dealers Fair some years ago for $12,000, sold in a Chinese holder LYGY. The original dies were produced at the Heaton Mint, Birmingham, sold with translation of the label.
- Estimate
- $1,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $650