Kwangtung (1890-1908) cash

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74661

This specimen was lot 74661 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHINA. Kwangtung. Cash, ND (1890-08). Kwangtung Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-64." Kwangtung is now known as Guangdong province and is the area around Canton (Guangzhou).

Recorded mintage: 1,059,253,000 per Numista.

Specification: 2.8 g, brass, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y190.

Source:

• Kann, Eduard. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1 of 3. Bronx, NY: Ishi Press International, 2006.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• Kwangtung (1890-1908) cash pattern
• Kwangtung (1890-1908) dollar
• Kwangtung ND (1890) 10 cents Y-195.1
• Kwangtung ND (1891) 10 cents Y-200
• Coins and currency dated 1890