View source for China 1994 50 yuan KM-641

[[Image:K406-3740.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 3740]]

This specimen was lot 3740 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''CHINA, Volksrepublik. 50 Yuan 1994. Erfindungen und Entdeckungen des Altertums. Schiffsmast. 15,55 g Feingold. GOLD. Nur 1.200 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte.'' (people's republic of [[China]], fifty yuan of 1994, ancient inventions and discoveries, ship's mast. Only 1,200 pieces struck, proof.)"</blockquote> This NCLT is one of a series honoring Chinese inventions and discoveries.

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,200.

''Specification:'' 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW, 27 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-115; KM-641; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-580. 

''[[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>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]]