China: Fengtien. Kuang-hsü brass Specimen Pattern 10 Cents ND (1897) UNC Details (Environmental Damage) PCGS,...
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Fengtien. Kuang-hsü brass Specimen Pattern 10 Cents ND (1897) UNC Details (Environmental Damage) PCGS, L&M-470, WS-0582. A rather exciting piece as it represents Heritage's first opportunity to offer this elusive Pattern. These off-metal Pattern type are reported to be a product of German origin, as the recent Otto Beh die find would reveal. A fascinating discovery as China was undergoing modernization at the turn of the century, especially in regional currency and manufacturing. A portfolio of 42 dies and 36 letter punches produced by the Otto Beh Company of Esslingen in 1897–1898 has helped resolve a longstanding question about the manufacture of Chinese provincial patterns for Heilungkiang, Chekiang, Anhwei, Feng-Tien, and Sinkiang. Auctioned in June 2012, the material documents the collaboration between Beh, a specialist in dies and seals, and Louis Schuler of Göppingen, which supplied the coin presses. Schuler reportedly received the press order in 1895, possibly through an agreement involving Qing envoy Li Hung-chang and former German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck; the Otto Beh archive preserves the original order. Schuler subsequently commissioned Beh to produce more than 200 dies for Chinese coinage, making the portfolio a significant record of late nineteenth-century numismatic and commercial ties between Germany and China. HID07901242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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