Kirin (1898) 20 cents Y-181

Ponterio sale 165, lot 21494

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Hupeh Province is located in east-central China. The mint was active from the early Manchu dynasty, and adapted for modern coin mintage in 1895.

The specimen shown was lot 21494 in Ponterio sale 165 (Hong Kong, April 2012), where it sold for US$777. The catalog description^[1] noted, “CHINA. Kirin. 1 Mace 4.4 Candareens (20 Cents), ND (1898). NGC MS-62. 吉林省造光緒元寶一錢四分四厘銀幣。Well struck lustrous. 深打有光。NGC MS-62.”

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.10g, silver.

Catalog reference: L&M-518; Y-181.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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,’’The April 2012 Hong Kong Auction, Sale #165’’ Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Links to:

• (c.1898) 10 cents Y-180
• (1898) 10 cents Y-180.1
• 1900 CD 10 cents Y-180a
• (1900) 20 cents Y-181a
• 1900 CD 20 cents Y-181
• 1905 CD 20 cents Y-181a
• 1906 CD 20 cents Kann-545
• 1908 CD 20 cents Y-181c
• (1898) 50 cents all varieties
• (1898) $1 Y-183
• Coins and currency dated 1898
• return to China, Kirin Province