Catalogue
China, Empire, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 44mm, (34.66 g), bronze fifty cash coin, Zhili mint mint, "Boo jyi" (Hartill 22.1052, Sch. -, TFP 2452). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $120
Passed in
China, Empire, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, similar to type Shandong Province pure silver ingot, ten taels or ten ounce type (350 g.), with block of two identical groups of characters, (cf.Cribb type XLC [Pl.49] for similar size and characters. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $800
China, Empire, general issue, at Tientsin Central Mint, silver dollar, 'Tai Ching Ti Kuo', undated (c1907), (KM.Y.14). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $450
China, Empire, Chihli Province, silver dollar, Pei Yang Arsenal type, year 23 (1897), (KM.Y.65.1). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $750
China, Empire, Chihli Province, silver dollar, Pei Yang type, period at end of legend, year 34 (1908) (KM.Y.73.2). Lightly toned, nearly extremely very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $380
China, Empire, Chihli Province, silver dollar (1908) (KM.Y.73.2). Softly struck, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
China, Empire, Fengtien Province, silver dollar, Yr 24 (1898), (KM.Y.87). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $2,400
China, Empire, Hupeh Province, Hsuan T'ung, silver dollar, not dated (issued 1909-1911), rev. facing dragon (KM.Y.131). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
China, Provincial, Kiang Nan, dollar (1899) (KM.145a.3). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $2,000
China, Provincial, Kiang Nan, dollar (1904) (KM.145a.12). Weakly struck in legend, bright and good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
China, Kwangtung Province, possible modern copy of silver dollar, obv. 'Kuang-hsu Yuan-pao, 7 mace and 3 candareens', rev. dragon emblem,in centre 'made in Kwangtung Province' below denomination etc. original type issued 1889, diameter 39mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight (27.32 g), (cf.Kann 16, KM.Y.198). Delightful grey and blue patination, about as struck, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
China, Sinkiang, Kwang Hsu, as an issue of Rebel Coinage of Yakub Beg (1864-1877), silver half miscal with Turki inscriptions of crude style, dated [12]91? with reversed number 9, (KM.C.37.1 variety). Fine - very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
China, Q'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver five ounce rectangular shaped ingot, attributed to Jiangxi Province 1847, and cast at the Jiangxi Provincial mint, (200 g), 43x54 mm, obv. 'heavy money of the Daoguang Period' rev. centre, Official coin Bureau exactly five ounces'; about edge Great Q'ing Dynasty Jiangxi Province, ding-wei year ie. 1847; [Cribb Pl.71 F52 illustrates a forgery of this ingot]. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $600
China, Q'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), large silver rectangular shaped ingot, (500 g), 127x42x10 mm, obv. 'Good fortune blessing' centre has dragon and phoenix, number thirty below, rev. three small countermarked characters, (Cribb -). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $450
SOLD $750
China, Republic, Yunnan Province, silver half dollars, not dated (c.1911-1915), obv. facing dragon, rev. legend, (KM.Y.257). Very fine or better. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
China, Republic, Yunnan Province, silver fifty cents, undated (1949) (KM.Y.257.3); China, multiple cash including iron issue of Ren Zong (1022-1063), (Hartill 16.143); Shen Zong (1068-1085), (Hartill 16.199); Hui Zopng (1101-1125), (Hartill 16.407); others (2) as cast copies. Mostly fine with some oxidation. (6)
Estimate $70
Passed in
China, Republic, Yunnan Province, silver dollar, not dated (c.1920-2), obv. facing dragon, rev. legend, (KM.Y.258.1). Tone spots uneven, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
China, Republic, Sun Yat Sen dollar (1912) (KM.Y.319; L&M 42). Lightly toned with full subdued original mint bloom, specimen-like strike, with raised rims, nearly FDC and very rare as such, one of the finest known.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $5,900
China, Republic, dollar (yuan), undated (1912), (KM.Y321.1). Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,200
China, Republic, silver dollar, Yr 3 (1914) (Y.329); Memento dollar (holed) 1927 issue; Yunnan Province fifty cents (KM.Y.257); Empire, Kwang Tung, silver twenty cents; Kiang-Nan ten cents silver; copper 50 cash Szechuan Province, 1912 (KM.449); other ten cas (3); various cash and charms (5) including Emp. Hui Zong (1101-1125) large 10 cash (Hartill 16.407, Schjoth 622); Wen Zong (1851-1861), ten cash Hangzhou, Zhejiang mint, (Hartill 22.1030, Schjoth 1593). Very good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
China, Republic, Sun Yat-sen, silver dollar, Yr 21 (1932) birds over junk (KM.Y.344). Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
China, Republic, Sun Yat-sen, silver dollar, Yr 21 (1932) birds over junk (KM.Y.344). Toned, with surface marks, good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
China, under Republic, silver Junk dollars (3) year 23, (1934), (KM.Y.345). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
China, Republic ten cents year 27 (1938), year 28 (1939), another year 29 (1940); (KM.Y.349, Y.360). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
China, Republic, Hunan Province, silver dollar, issued year 11, 1922, issued to commemorate Provincial Constitution in Hunan Province, (KM.Y.404). Toned, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $2,700
China, Republic, Kansu Province, obv. Yuan Shih-kai silver dollar, year 3, (1914), (KM.Y.407). Toned, very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000
China, Republic, mostly Kwangtung Province, includes twenty cents (KM.Y.423), year 1912 (2), year 3 (1), year 8 (1), year 9 (3), year 11 (4), ten cents (KM.Y.425) year 18 (3); Yuan Shih-Kai dollar year 3 (1); Sun Yat Sen Memento dollar (1927) issue. Mostly very fine. (16)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
China etc., an interesting accumulation of dollar size coins of China that are either forgeries, copies or fantasies (10); Japan fantasy dollar; Thailand copies and fantasies (2); copies of dollar size coins from French Indo China, Mexico, Turkey; Russia copy of gold 10 roubles 1759 in base metal; others mostly in copper (7). Mostly fine - very fine. (24)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
China, Sinkiang, silver sar (tael), Kashgar mint, dated A.H. 1325, (35.28 g), type with three Chinese characters at top, (KM.Y.26.2). Toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,100
China, Q'ing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, uncertain emperor but issued in the 17-19th century, round no character charm with square hole, 40mm, in bronze, (19.29 g), obv. lotus flowers on obverse, rev. plain, (Zhong guo hua qian No.29, p.7, cf.Schjoth 5 [pl.118]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50