Korea (1910) 10 chon
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This specimen was lot 1378 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "KOREA: Yung Hi, 1907-1910, AR 10 chon, year 4 (1910), attractive luster with light rose toning, a lovely mint-state example from the final year of issue, PCGS graded MS63." This type, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1908-10 in the last years of Korean independence before annexation by Japan. Korea would not recover her independence until 1945 and even then in a divided state.
Recorded mintage: 9,500,000.
Specifications: 2.25 g, 0.800 fine silver, 17.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1139.
- 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, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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