China 1990 100 yuan KM-309

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Künker sale 406, lot 3732

This specimen was lot 3732 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €650 (about US$853 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"CHINA, Volksrepublik. 100 Yuan 1990. Große Persönlichkeiten der Weltkultur. Huang Di. 10,38 g Feingold. GOLD. In Originaletui mit Originalzertifikat. Polierte Platte. (people's republic of China, one hundred yuan of 1990, great personalities of world culture, Huang Di. With original box and certificate, proof.)"

This NCLT is one of a series honoring great figures in Chinese history. Wikipedia comments, "The Yellow Emperor, also known as...Huangdi (/ˈhwɑːŋ ˈdiː/), is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and an individual deity (shen) or part of the Five Regions Highest Deities (Chinese: 五方上帝; pinyin: Wǔfāng Shàngdì) in Chinese folk religion. Calculated by Jesuit missionaries, who based their work on various Chinese chronicles, ...Huangdi's traditional reign dates are 2697–2597 or 2698–2598 BC."

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 11.32 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.333 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-31; KM-309; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-281.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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