View source for China 1986 5 yuan KM-140

[[Image:SAlb52-1618.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 1618]]

This specimen was lot 1618 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[China|CHINA]] (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 5 yuan, 1986, 13th Football World Cup - 2 players, mintage of only 1,000 pieces with matte finish, NGC graded Specimen 67 Matte, R." The five yuan NCLT's for 1986 included [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-131|KM 131]], 139, 140 (shown here), 141, 142, 143, 144, [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-148|KM 148]], [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-150|KM 150]] and [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-152|KM 152]]. This and other early commemoratives often had low mintages as there was no domestic market for them and they sold poorly overseas.

''Recorded mintage'': 1,000 in satin finish plus 10,000 proofs.

''Specification'': 16.83 g, 0.800 fine silver, 0.432 troy oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 140 (proof), KM-140a (satin finish), Y-197a.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Links:''
* [[China 1986 yuan KM-130|1986 yuan, International Year of Peace]]
* [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-131|1986 5 yuan, panda, 1/20 oz gold]]
* [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-148|1986 5 yuan, International Year of Peace]]
* [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-150|1986 5 yuan, World Wildlife Fund]]
* [[China 1986 5 yuan KM-152|1986 5 yuan, sailing ship ''Empress of China'']]
* [[China 1986 10 yuan KM-137|1986 10 yuan, Year of the Tiger]]
* [[China 1986 25 yuan KM-133|1986 25 yuan, panda, ¼ oz gold]]
* [[China 1986 50 yuan KM-147|1986 50 yuan, birth of Sun Yat-sen]]
* [[China 1986 50 yuan KM-134|1986 50 yuan, panda, ½ oz gold]]
* [[China 1986 100 yuan KM-149|1986 100 yuan, Year of Peace]]
* [[China 1986 100 yuan KM-151|1986 100 yuan, wild yak]]
* [[China 1986 100 yuan KM-145|1986 100 yuan, Liu Bang]]
* [[China 1986 100 yuan KM-135]] 1 oz gold panda
* [[China 1986 150 yuan KM-138|1986 150 yuan, Year of the Tiger]]
* [[China 1986 1000 yuan KM-136|1986 1000 yuan, panda, 12 oz gold]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1986]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]]