China 1993 100 yuan KM-534

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Künker sale 354, lot 5129

This specimen was lot 5129 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,644 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"CHINA, Volksrepublik. 100 Yuan 1993. Große Persönlichkeiten der chinesischen Geschichte. Mao Ze Dong. 10,38 g Feingold. GOLD. Polierte Platte. (people's republic of China, one hundred yuan of 1993. Great figures in Chinese history, Mao Zedong. Proof.)"

This is one of a series of NCLT's honoring great figures of Chinese history and certainly no one towers taller than Mao Zedong, for good or ill.

Recorded mintage: 5,500 proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM 534, Fr-79; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-486.

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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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