Kwangtung 1922 (year 11) 10 cents Y-422
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Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong) is on the south coast of China, and surrounds Hong Kong and Macau. The mint in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) opened in 1888 and issued a large number of coins until closure in 1931.
The specimen shown was lot 21595 in Ponterio sale 165 (Hong Kong, April 2012), where it sold for US$3585. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA. Kwangtung. 10 Cents, Year 11 (1922). NGC MS-65. 民國十一年廣東省造壹毫銀幣。 From the Collection of a Prominent Southern California Collector."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.70 g, silver.
Catalog reference: L&M-153; K-732; Y-422; Hsu-337.
- 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.
- 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.
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