(1914)三 $1 LM-63I Bold Leaves MS(PCGS#507283)

May 2022 Hong Kong World Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

54218

等级

MS64

价格

63,165

详细说明

The "Triangular" Yuan -- A Tibetan Connection? CHINA. Dollar, Year 3 (1914). PCGS MS-64. L&M-63; K-646; KM-Y-329; WS-0174-8. Variety with triangular (connected) "yuan" and bold leaves. Handsomely near-Gem, the present example provides a bold strike and lustrous but somewhat reserved surfaces. Some minimal contact is observed on the surfaces, but not more than one would expect for the grade. Many of the triangular "yuan" types tend to have bolder leaves, especially nearer the central areas, but this one, in particular, is rather robust. Nicholas Rhodes, in an article entitled A Communist Chinese Restrike in the June 1975 issue of the Spink Numismatic Circular, proposed that these types were issued to pay Tibetan laborers. In a further analysis in a thread on zeno.ru, he writes that "...this particular variety, with the closed triangle in the upper half of the Character 'Yuan,' does not seem to be present in any pre-1950 collections, such as E. Kann, the British Museum, etc. From my own experience it does, however, turn up very frequently in Tibet and among Tibetan refugees in Nepal, Kalimpong and Bhutan. Indeed, it is often found in near uncirculated condition, and local shroffs have told me that the quality of the silver is better than that of the other varieties of the YSK dollar, so it commands a small premium value. Tibetan refugees have recounted that such YSK dollars were struck in large numbers in Sichuan province in the mid-1950's, for the purpose of paying Tibetan labourers engaged in road building in Eastern Tibet." Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA. 三角圓--用於西藏流通？ 民國三年袁世凱像壹圓銀幣。 三角圓。葉脈深邃。俊俏且近完美狀態。鑄工有力，光澤通透柔美。幣面有些輕微的接觸痕跡，但與評分相符。許多三角圓的葉脈較深邃，尤其接近中央位置，此枚更是當中的表表者。 Nicholas Rhodes，在 1975 年 斯賓克錢幣月刊的6 月號中刊登一篇題為 共產中國打鑄 ，提出這些版別當時是為了支付藏族勞工而發行。在 zeno.ru 上他進一步分析寫道："......1950 年以前的任何集藏，如耿愛德、大英博物館等，似乎都沒有出現在"圓"字上半部分帶有閉合三角形的版別。然而，根據我自己的經驗，它確實經常出現在西藏以及尼泊爾、噶倫堡和不丹的西藏難民中。事實上，存世者均多是近未流通的狀態，而且當地的收銀員告訴我，白銀的質量比袁世凱其他的版別要好，因此價值更高。西藏難民憶說，1950年代中期在四川省這種版別被大量鑄造，用於支付在西藏東部從事道路建設的藏族勞工。"