China: Hsüan-t'ung silver Specimen Pattern "Long-Whiskered Dragon" Dollar Year 3 (1911) SP63 PCGS,...
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Hsüan-t'ung silver Specimen Pattern "Long-Whiskered Dragon" Dollar Year 3 (1911) SP63 PCGS, Tientsin Mint, KM-Pn305, L&M-29, Kann-223b, Chang-CH33, WS-0040. Small characters variety. A titan of world numismatics, whose mere presence dominates entire sales and always excites collectors, regardless of their collecting specialty. On offer is this markedly scarce representative, a clear outlier across this iconic Pattern series and just the second we've yet had the pleasure to handle. Pondlike reflectivity engulfs the fields making an appropriate canvas for Giorgi's expertly-crafted design, rising in clear contrast and seemingly projecting towards the viewer when in hand. Truly inspiring and accompanied by undiluted aesthetic superiority, with only the most trivial of imperfections to bound this piece from a higher assignment. Of the handful of varieties within this denomination, those featuring the "small characters" remain among the most elusive, and as such is expected to command a premium. From the Peh Family Collection HID07901242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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