China 1988 50 yuan KM-205

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 4136

This specimen was lot 4136 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 50 yuan, 1988, Seoul 1988 - 24th Summer Olympic Games - Volleyball, in multisided capsule of issue, a few wispy obverse hairlines, a hint of reverse peripheral toning, mintage of only 3,898 pieces, Proof, S." The fifty yuan for 1988 included KM 186, KM 188, KM 194 and KM 205 (shown here). Many of the early NCLT's are today scarce. There was no market for them in China and foreign sales were poor.

Recorded mintage: 3,898.

Specification: 155.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 70 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-205, Y-170.

Sources:

  • 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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