China & Tibet
Lot 1200 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 23RD NOV) China & Tibet
Estimate $500
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SOLD $750
CHINA, Provincial issue, Hunan Province, copper ten cash, year 1 (1915), transitional type, rev. with unusual English legend, THE FIRST YEAR OF HUNG SHUAN TEN CASH around rice plant (KM Y401.1; CCC 183). Extremely fine with mint red, very rare.
Ex James Gardiner Collection.
Only three noted in Coin Archives, Baldwin's sold an example 25 August 2011, Sale 51 (lot 418) in Hong Kong that realised US $4200.
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