China (1943) 50 cents Y-362
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This specimen was lot 54677 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA. 50 Cents, Year 32 (1943). PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A well struck coin with good luster, the much less common of the two dates for this series." This type was struck for the Nationalists in 1942-43. We don't know the mint, whether it was in China or in the United States.
Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.
Specification: 9.06 g, copper-nickel, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y362.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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