China (1854) 500 cash
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This specimen was lot 1809 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,788 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN AUS ÜBERSEE · CHINA, Wen Zong, 1850-1861. 500 Cash o. J. (März bis August 1854), Hu Pu (Peking) Xian Feng yuan bao. North Branch. RR Sehr schön. (China, Wen Zong emperor, 1850-61, undated 500 cash (March-August 1854), Peking mint. Very rare, very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: cast copper, this specimen 57,06 g.
Catalog reference: KM C1-10, Hartill 22.713.
- Hartill, David, Cast Chinese Coins, 2nd ed., London, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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