China 1980 yuan KM-32
This specimen was lot 1449 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): 1 yuan, 1980, struck in brass, Summer Olympic Games, Moscow - Soccer, piedfort (piéfort) issue, PCGS graded PF69 Cameo." This NCLT was part of a series issued for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and Lake Placid, New York. It represents China's first serious venture into making and marketing commemoratives, which would explode with the introduction of the panda gold coin in 1983. The specification given below is for the regular issue, not the piefort depicted here.
Recorded mintage: 40,000 proofs.
Specification: 8.8 g, brass, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 32 (regular issue), KM-P6 (piefort).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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