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[[Image:SB421-52205o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers April 2021 Hong Kong sale, lot 52205]]
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This specimen was lot 52205 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $22,800. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[China|CHINA]]. Dollar, ND (1912). PCGS MS-63. Li Yuan Hung without hat type; "TIIE" missing crossbar variety. Highly radiant and lustrous, this choice specimen features a dazzling cartwheel nature and some pleasing darker toning throughout." The overthrow of the Manchus and the founding of the republic led to a burst of optimism and a number of commemoratives, including this one honoring Li Yuan Hung, who was briefly president. The idealism quickly dissipated as various warlords jockeyed for power. Yuan Shih-kai managed to get himself crowned emperor before he died in 1916. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 26.50 g, 0.900 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' L&M-45; K-639e; KM-Y321.1; WS-0091. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <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 (1911) dollar|(1911) dollar]]
* [[China (1911) dollar KM-Pn306|(1911) "long whiskered dragon" pattern dollar]]
* [[China (1912) 20 cents KM-Pn7|(1912) pattern 20 cents]]
* [[China (1912) 20 cents Y-317|(1912) 20 cents]]
* [[China (1912) dollar Y-318|(1912) dollar, Sun Yat-sen, high five-pointed stars]]
* [[China (1912) dollar Y-319|(1912) dollar, Sun Yat-sen, low five-pointed stars]]
* [[China (1912) dollar Y-320|(1912) dollar, Li Yuan Hung with hat]]
* [[China (1912) dollar Y-321|(1912) dollar, Li Yuan Hung without hat]]
* [[Szechuan (1912) dollar Y-456]]
* [[China (1914) dollar Y-322|(1914) dollar, Yuan Shih-Kai with hat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1912]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Hong Kong sale]][[Category: Silver crowns of Asia]]