China (1926) 20 cents Y-335

Stack's Bowers April 2021 Hong Kong sale, lot 52421

This specimen was lot 52421 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $8,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHINA. 20 Cents, Year 15 (1926). PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. An elegant, near-Gem example of this popular minor, offering argent brilliance and a hint of golden-olive color near the peripheries." In the late 1920's, Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists managed to defeat the Communists and extort professions of loyalty from most of the major warlords. During that brief calm, the mints issued new designs featuring the proposed national symbols of dragon and phoenix. He was unable, however, to stave off Japanese aggression and a new round of fighting began in 1931.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.3 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: L&M-82; K-681; KM-Y335; WS-0115.

Source:

Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The April 2021 Hong Kong Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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China (1926) 20 cents Y-335

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