Kiangsu 1905 CD 10 cash Y-77

Ponterio sale 165, lot 21466

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Kiangsu-Kiangsoo Province is located on the east coast of China. Modern mint equipment was installed in the Soochow mint in 1898, and another mint was opened in 1904. Both mints ceased production in 1906. The specimen shown was lot 21466 in Ponterio sale 165 (Hong Kong, April 2012), where it sold for US$836. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHINA. Kiangsu-Chingkiang. 10 Cash, CD (1905). 清江光緒元寶十文。NGC MS-61 BN."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Y-77; CCC-262; Duan-2713.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard,’’The April 2012 Hong Kong Auction, Sale #165’’ Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Links to:

• 1906 CD 2 cash pattern KM-Pn3
• (1901) 5 cash Y-158
• 1906 CD 5 cash pattern Y-9n
• (c.1906) 5 cash KM-Pn4
• (1902) 10 cash Y-B162
• (1902) 10 cash Y-C162
• (1902) 10 cash Y-162.7
• 1905 CD 10 cash Y-78.3
• 1906 CD 10 cash Y-10d.2
• 1906 CD 10 cash Y-10n
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to China, Kiangsu-Kiangsoo Province