View source for China 1999 500 yuan KM-1282

[[Image:SB421-51453o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers April 2021 Hong Kong sale, lot 51453]]
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This specimen was lot 51453 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $26,400. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Impressive "Return of Macao" Commemorative 5 Ounce Gold Issue. [[China|CHINA]]. 500 Yuan, 1999. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the return of Macao to China. A brilliant 5 Ounce Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices. Serial number on rim at 12 [o'clock]: # "081"." The communist regime followed up on its reabsorption of Hong Kong by foreclosing on Portugal's lease of Macao in 1999. Macao, smaller in population and with a less rowdy political culture, has posed less of a problem of control for the communist cadre.

''Recorded mintage:'' 228.

''Specification:'' 155.5 g, 0.999 fine gold, 5 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-213; KM-1282. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The April 2021 Hong Kong Auction'', Costa Mesa, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[China 1997 500 yuan KM-1046|1997 500 yuan, Return of Hong Kong]]
* [[China 1999 10 yuan KM-1242|1999 10 yuan, Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy]]
* [[China 1999 10 yuan KM-1216|1999 10 yuan, panda, 1 oz silver]]
* [[China 1999 25 yuan KM-1219|1999 25 yuan, panda, ¼ oz gold]]
* [[China 1999 50 yuan KM-1220|1999 50 yuan, panda, ½ oz gold]]
* [[China 1999 100 yuan KM-1221|1999 100 yuan, panda, 1 oz gold]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1999]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Hong Kong sale]]