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This specimen was lot 5138 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$30,266 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''CHINA, Republik. Dollar Jahr 16 (1927), Nanking. Sun Yat-Sen-Mausoleum. Probeprägung. Entworfen von Richard Placht, Wien. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU Details - Cleaned (8584745-006). Von großer Seltenheit. Nur 480 Exemplare geprägt. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 110, Osnabrück 2006, Nr. 3545.'' (republic of [[China]], dollar of the year 16, Nanking mint, for the Sun Yat-Sen mausoleum, pattern strike using Austrian dies. Graded NGC AU Details, Cleaned. Extremely rare, only 480 pieces struck, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This pattern is not listed in the SCWC but appears in Kann. It was never adopted. The most familiar issue of 1927 is the [[China (1927) yuan|"Memento" dollar]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 26.7 g, 0.890 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, this specmen 26,85 g.

''Catalog reference:'' K-609, KM unlisted, Dav. -; L&M-85.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Link to:''
* [[China (1927) 10 cents Y-339|(1927) 10 cents, death of Sun Yat-sen]]
* [[China (1927) 20 cents Y-340|(1927) 20 cents, death of Sun Yat-sen]]
* [[China (1927) yuan|(1927) "Memento" dollar]]
* [[China (1929) dollar KM-Pn99|(1929) pattern Sun Yat-sen dollar, English design]]
* [[China (1929) dollar KM-Pn100|(1929) pattern Sun Yat-sen dollar, American design]]
* [[China (1929) dollar KM-Pn101|(1929) pattern Sun Yat-sen dollar, Austrian design]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1927]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 439, 440, 441]][[Category:Silver crowns of Asia]]

China (1927) dollar K-609 - Revision history

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