Kiangsu 1906 CD 10 cash Y-10n

Ponterio sale 165, lot 21462

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 21462 in Ponterio sale 165 (Hong Kong, April 2012), where it sold for US$3884. The catalog description^[1] noted, “CHINA. Kiangsu. 10 Cash, CD (1906). NGC MS-62 BN. 丙午”蘇”字戶部大清銅幣十文。 盒上的說明不正確。.”

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Y-10n; CCC-254; Duan-1698.

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-77
• 1905 CD 10 cash Y-78.3
• 1906 CD 10 cash Y-10d.2
• Coins and currency dated 1906
• return to China, Kiangsu-Kiangsoo Province