China (1911) 10 cents

Heritage sale 3020, lot 23426

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23426 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Empire 10 Cents Year 3 (1911), MS63 NGC, frosty white mint luster, very scarce in this superior quality." This type was struck over a period of years at several mints but it is not common. The Chinese Empire collapsed the following year, in 1912.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.7 g, .900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-Y28.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 42nd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

Link to:

• China (1914) 10 cents Y-326
• Kiangnan ND (1911) 10 cents Y-146
• Yunnan (1910) dollar
• China (1911) dollar
• Coins and currency dated 1911
• return to coins of China