World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Lot 1545 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH) World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $12,500
TIBET, Sino-Tibetan coinage, Hsuan Tung, (1909-1911), silver one sho, nd (1910), Y-6, L&M-652, obv. lotus design at center, with Chinese inscription 'xuan tong bao zang' (Tibetan money of the Xuan Tong era), rev. dragon at center, surrounded by a string of pearls and Tibetan inscription: (Xuan Tong, precious coin of one sho, [struck] to the kuping standard). (KM.Y.5, L&M 654). Toned, good very fine, a very rare type coin.
Ex Mark E. Freehill Collection.
A similar example sold by Stephen Album on January 21, 2021 (Auction 39 [lot 1232] realised $6,000 US.
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