China 1992 100 yuan KM-445
This specimen was lot 3734 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 1992. Große Persönlichkeiten der Weltkultur. Da Yu. 10,38 g Feingold. GOLD. In Originaletui mit Originalzertifikat. Polierte Platte. (people's republic of China, one hundred yuan of 1992, great personalities of world culture, Da Yu. With original box and certificate, proof.)"
This NCLT is one of a series honoring great figures in Chinese history. Wikipedia comments, "Yu the Great (Chinese: 大禹; pinyin: Dà Yǔ)...was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for 'the first successful state efforts at flood control,' his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character....Yu and other 'sage-kings' of ancient China were lauded for their virtues and morals by Confucius and other Chinese teachers. He is one of the few Chinese monarchs who is posthumously honored with the epithet 'the Great'."
Recorded mintage: 10,000.
Specification: 11.32 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.333 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-48; KM-445; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-386.
- 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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