Kweichow 1949 (year 38) 1/2 cent Y-A429a
Kweichow (Guizhou) Province lies in south central China. It is home to a group of non-Han Chinese people, and has traditionally been a seat of political unrest in China. One particularity of coin production was the lack of local copper. For this reason the Kweichow mint struck some coins in antimony (which was locally in abundance), and remains the only place in the world to do so. The Kweichow mint opened in 1730, producing cash coins.
The specimen shown was lot 60482 in Ponterio sale 162 (Hong Kong, August 2011), where it sold for $15,535. The catalog description[1] noted, " CHINA. Kweichow. 1/2 Cent Struck in Brass, Year 38 (1949). 民國三十八年貴州省造當銀元半分銅元。 “黔”字。NGC VF-20. Ex: The Frank Robinson Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: brass.
Catalog reference: Y-A429A; CCC-767; Duan-3432.
- 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, Ponterio sale 162: The August 2011 Hong Kong Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
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