World Silver & Bronze Coins (China - H)
Lot 2069 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 26 JULY) World Silver & Bronze Coins (China - H)
Estimate $200
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SOLD $420
CHINA, tea brick, with Chinese inscription below (237 x 187mm), probably issued earlier than under the People's Republic of China, c.1930s-1960, made as a common form of commodity based money used in international exchange illustrating it was distinct from trusting government as was the case with Chinese coins; obv. the design displays six square areas each with a dragon centre and a legend around in Chinese and English like earlier dollar coins, rev. plain, (237 x 187mm), (975 g), (cf.Mitchener 4144; cf.Opitz p.338-40). Very fine and rare.
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