Korea: Kuang Mu gold 10 Won Year 10 (1906) AU58 NGC,...

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Kuang Mu gold 10 Won Year 10 (1906) AU58 NGC, Osaka mint, KM1130, J&V-AD5 (R), CKCB-28.2. Mintage: 5,000. A very fresh representative of this iconic Korean type, preserving a hearty degree of mint luster that continues to whirl around the fields, suggesting a level of preservation very near to Mint State status, and bounded only by minor handling in the fields. Perhaps one of the most popular issues of the nation despite its issuance during the period of Japanese occupation (the denomination featuring on the cover of The Catalog of Korean Coins and Banknotes, 2013 edition), the 10 Won was produced for only two years--the 1909 being virtually unattainable, and most of the mintage of this date being retained by the Bank of Japan to back gold notes and then melted later on. As such, surviving specimens in any sort of appreciable quality are very rare and command aggressive prices amongst collectors.

Metal: Gold
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 8.3333g
AGW: 0.2411oz
Mintage: 5,012

大韓光武十年（1906）十圜金幣。AU58 NGC。
大阪造幣厰。發行量5,000枚。熱門的韓圜金幣，本次拍賣一品金光閃爍，保存狀態如同初鑄。底板觸痕幾乎微不可見。日佔時期發行，受歡迎的經典韓圜幣種，2013版韓國錢幣紙幣目錄就以同面值錢幣作封面。此十圜金幣發行短短兩年，當中1909年發行例子如同鳳毛麟角，難以入手，絕大部分例子遭日本銀行回收以發行金本位鈔票，及後一部分更被融掉。可知現存狀態良好的例子極為難覓，值得各方藏家競投。

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