Hong Kong sale slated for April
A Hong Kong Auction of Chinese and Asian coins and currency will be called April 5-April 8 by Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio at The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Lo 233960 from the Hong Kong sale is a Chinese pattern dollar, no date (1910) from the Tientsin Mint. NGC MS-65
Dated 1907 and 1910 pattern dollars from the Tienstin Mint, graded Numismatic Guaranty Corporation MS-64 and MS-65, respectively.
The cataloger said a parade of other highly desirable dollars follows, with multiple undated (1911) Dot After Dollar coins in MS-62, followed by a Year 3 (1911) Dragon In Clouds dollar In Professional Coin Grading Service MS-65+.
World coin collectors will want to check out the Chicago International Coin Fair, held April 15th to the 17th.
Republic General Issues offer an array of Sun Yat-sen dollars, Li Yuan Hung dollars in nearly every variety in the catalog and Yuan Shih Kai issues.
Provincial Issues number 140 very pieces, including coinage from Anhwei, Chekiang, Chihli, Fengtien, Fukien, Hunan, Hupeh, Kiangnan, Kiangsu, Kirin, Kwangtung, Kweichow, Manchuria, Sinkiang, Szechuan, Tibet and Yunnan.
There are 22 lots of Chinese fantasies.
There will be a number of modern issues, including a robust offering of Unicorn and Lunar Series issues in addition to the usual extensive offering of Panda coinage.
Visit www.stacksbowers.com for more information.
This article was originally printed in World Coin News.
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