Kwangtung 1924 (year 13) 20 cents Y-424

Ponterio sale 162, lot 60466

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong) is on the south coast of China, and surrounds Hong Kong and Macau. The mint in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) opened in 1888 and issued a large number of coins until closure in 1931.

The specimen shown was lot 60466 in Ponterio sale 162 (Hong Kong, August 2011), where it sold for $5,079. The catalog description^[1] noted, “CHINA. Kwangtung. 20 Cents, Year 13 (1924). NGC MS-64. Ex: The Frank Robinson Collection.”

Recorded mintage: 55,109,000.

Specification: 5.40 g, silver.

Catalog reference: L&M-155; K-735; Y-424; Hsu-338.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 162: The August 2011 Hong Kong Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

Links to:

• 1922 (year 11) 20 cents
• (1924) dollar, Tuan Chi Jui, "Peaceful Unification"
• 1928 (year 17) 20 cents
• 1929 (year 18) 20 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1924
• return to China, Kwangtung Province