World Silver & Bronze Coins - Austria – France
Lot 2174 SESSION 10 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 22ND NOV) World Silver & Bronze Coins - Austria – France
Estimate $60,000
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SOLD $205,000
CHINA, Empire, Kwangtung Province, silver fifty cents (1889) by the Heaton Mint, Birmingham, denomination in English 3 Mace 6 1/2 Candareens (KM.Y197; Kunn 17, L & M 197). An unmarked mint state example with delicate light golden toning, fully sealed original mint bloom, choice uncirculated and one of the finest known.
This first series for Kwangtung were heavier than the foreign coins they were meant to replace. The issue of five silver coins, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and dollar were soon withdrawn and melted.
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