China 1997 10 yuan KM-1095
This specimen was lot 1632 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 10 yuan (31.4 g), 1997, palace interior, from the Forbidden City set, Proof." Other ten yuan issues for 1997 include KM 595, KM 982, KM 983, KM 986, KM 987, KM 988 (panda), KM 996, KM 1002 (panda), 1003 (panda), KM 1004 (panda), KM 1012 (ox), KM 1013 (water buffalo), KM 1014 (ox, scalloped), KM 1017 (Qi Baishi), KM 1018 (Qi Baishi), KM 1028, KM 1029, KM 1031 (unicorn), KM 1032 (unicorn), KM 1033 (unicorn), KM 1037, KM 1038, KM 1039, KM 1041, KM 1045 (return of Hong Kong), KM 1047 (return of Macao), KM 1051, KM 1053, KM 1054, KM 1055, KM 1056, KM 1059, KM 1060, KM 1062, KM 1063, KM 1072, KM 1073, KM 1074, KM 1075, KM 1076, KM 1077, KM 1078, KM 1079, KM 1080, KM 1084, KM 1085, KM 1086, KM 1087, KM 1091, KM 1093, KM 1094, KM 1096, KM 1097 and KM 1108. This one features the Forbidden City, the old imperial capital.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 31.105 g, 0.999 fine silver, 39.8 mm diameter, 1 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-1095.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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