China 1993 50 yuan KM-79
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This specimen was lot 22441 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA. Marco Polo 50 Yuan, 1993. SELECT PROOF. Struck to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the return of Marco Polo. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices. Very faint handling would prevent elite certification." Marco Polo has been featured on a number of Chinese commemoratives:
- 1983 silver 5 yuan (KM 76).
- 1983 gold 10 yuan (KM 78).
- 1983 gold 100 yuan (KM 80).
- 1984 silver 5 yuan (KM 77).
- 1992 silver 5 yuan (KM 467).
- 1993 silver 50 yuan (shown here).
- 1993 gold 500 yuan (KM 83).
Recorded mintage: 1,500 proofs.
Specification: 155.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 5 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 79.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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- 1983 10 yuan, Marco Polo
- 1983 100 yuan, Marco Polo
- 1993 5 yuan, panda, 1/20 oz gold
- 1993 5 yuan, goddess Kuan Yin, 1/20 oz gold
- 1993 5 yuan, ox lantern
- 1993 5 yuan, unicorn statue
- 1993 10 yuan, panda, 1/10 oz gold
- 1993-P 10 yuan, panda, 1 oz silver
- 1993 10 yuan, panda, 1 oz silver
- 1993 10 yuan, 1/10 oz platinum panda
- 1993 10 yuan, 1 oz silver Year of the Rooster
- 1993 25 yuan, Chinese gods
- 1993 25 yuan, panda, ¼ oz gold
- 1993 10 yuan, goddess Kuan Yin, 1/10 oz gold
- 1993 10 yuan, 1/10 oz gold peacocks
- 1993 25 yuan, goddess Kuan Yin, ¼ oz gold
- 1993 25 yuan, Two Peacocks
- 1993 50 yuan, panda, 5 oz silver
- 1993 50 yuan, terracotta army
- 1993 50 yuan, 5 oz silver Year of the Rooster
- 1993 50 yuan, goddess Kuan Yin, ½ oz gold
- 1993 50 yuan, panda, ½ oz gold
- 1993 100 yuan, 1 oz gold Year of the Rooster
- 1993 100 yuan, invention of the yin and yang
- 1993 100 yuan, Mao Zedong
- 1993 100 yuan, goddess Kuan Yin, 1 oz gold
- 1993 100 yuan, panda, 1 oz gold
- 1995 50 yuan, panda, ½ oz gold
- 1995 50 yuan, gunpowder
- 1995 50 yuan, porcelain
- 1995 50 yuan, block printing
- 1995 50 yuan, acupuncture
- 1995 50 yuan, return of Hong Kong to China
- 1995 50 yuan Da Yu
- Coins and currency dated 1993