Fengtien 1903 CD 1 dollar Y-92

Ponterio sale 162, lot 60117

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Fengtien (now Lioaning) Province lies north and west of North Korea, and east of Beijing. The provincial mint operated from 1897-1931.

The specimen shown was lot 60117 in Ponterio sale 162 (Hong Kong, August 2011), where it sold for $17,925. The catalog description^[1] noted, “CHINA. Fengtien. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), CD (1903). 癸卯奉天省造七錢二分銀幣。 滿文“寶奉”。NGC AU-55.”

Recorded mintage: 262,000.

Specification: 26.40g, 0.850 fine silver, 0.7215 oz ASW.

Catalog reference: L&M-482; K-251; Y-92; Hsu-434.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Kann, Eduard. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1 of 3. Bronx, NY: Ishi Press International, 2006.
• Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 162: The August 2011 Hong Kong Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

Links to:

• (c.1899) 10 cash
• 1909 CD 20 cash Y-21e
• 1899 (year 25) 5 cents Y-83
• 1898 (year 24) 20 cents Y-85
• 1898 (year 24) 20 cents Y-85.1
• 1904 CD 20 cents Y-91
• 1898 (year 24) 1 dollar Y-87
• 1903 CD 1 dollar Y-92.1
• Coins and currency dated 1903
• return to China, Fengtien Province