(1907)丁未 P Tael LM-1024 K-1541 SP(PCGS#755814)
(1907)丁未 P Tael LM-1024 K-1541 SP (PCGS#755814)
December 2021 Hong Kong Collectors Choice Online Auction World Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 42073
- 等级
- SP61
- 价格
- 3,213,483
- 详细说明
- The Fabled and Exceptionally Impressive Gold K'uping Tael Pattern CHINA. Gold K'uping Tael Pattern, CD (1907). Tientsin Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-61. L&M-1024; Fr-2; K-1541; KM-Pn302; Wenchao-pg. 49, #11 (rarity: four stars); Chang Foundation-pg. 26, #7; WS-0009. Among the pantheon of imperial Chinese numismatics, this shimmering, EXCEEDINGLY RAREpattern issue offers an enchanting level of eye appeal and crispness to the overall design. The characters side is finely executed, while the dragon presents intricate detail; the accompanying brilliance in the fields allows the dragon to come to life, seemingly leaping from the planchet. Undoubtedly destined for a cabinet among the most advanced and worthy of tremendous competition and intense adoration. Arguably near or at the pinnacle of Qing dynasty numismatics, one cannot overstate the significance of K'uping Taels due to their status as the first modern Chinese coins ever struck in gold. Two variations exist, those dated 1906 and those dated 1907. Both were produced in extremely limited quantities, though 1907 pieces are definitively scarcer, with Stack's Bowers & Ponterio having offered just four in the last fifteen years. These types were struck on an experimental basis as patterns only and never released into circulation. The plans to issue gold coinage in units of one Tael for circulation, unfortunately, never materialized, with this largely being due to China's lack of gold reserve combined along with then-contemporary currency being based upon the silver standard. Hence, a limited number of such 98% pure gold Taels were struck as patterns for the Ministry of Revenue. Estimate: $300,000 - $400,000. 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. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins] 令人印象深刻庫平一兩金樣幣 丁未光緒年造大清金幣庫平一兩金樣幣。天津造幣廠製。 大清錢幣珍品中的常青樹，極罕樣幣發行，品相頂尖，令人凝神注目。字面鑄打纖毫畢現，龍面細節銳利，配以底板金光四射，令龍樣栩栩如生。中國錢幣稀珍的佼佼者，定讓集藏更上一格。 大清錢幣的巔峰之作，而作為近代中國的首枚金幣，庫平一兩的重要性舉足輕重。此幣共有兩個版別，日期為1906及1907，鑄量極微，1907年版更是鳳毛麟角。過去十五年本行的拍賣中僅見四枚。沒有發行的試造樣幣。清政府計畫推行一兩為單位的金本位制幣，不幸未能實現。主要是中國當時缺乏黃金儲備，且使用的通貨是以銀為本位。僅試製極少數量的98%純金質樣幣。