China 1994 50 yuan KM-638
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This specimen was lot 3738 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CHINA, Volksrepublik. 50 Yuan 1994. Erfindungen und Entdeckungen des Altertums. Glockenspiel. 15,55 g Feingold. GOLD. R Nur 1.200 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. (people's republic of China, fifty yuan of 1994, ancient inventions and discoveries, chimes. Only 1,200 pieces struck, proof.)"
This NCLT is one of a series honoring Chinese inventions and discoveries.
Recorded mintage: 1,200.
Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-115; KM-638; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-576.
- 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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