Annam: Khai Dinh gold Medallic 9 Tien ND (1916-1925) AU Details (Holed) NGC,...

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Khai Dinh gold Medallic 9 Tien ND (1916-1925) AU Details (Holed) NGC, KM-X Unl., Fr-Unl., S&H-Unl. (cf. S&H-3.24 for similar type, but for Duy-Tan's reign), Thierry-Unl. 37mm. 33.29gm. By Pierre. A highly intriguing gold type of the penultimate Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, missing from the standard literature on this series, though in their original listing of this piece, MDC Monaco stated in December 2017 that it was intended to be published in the next isssue of the Revue de la Société Numismatique Asiatique by François Joyaux. To our knowledge, only a few types from Khai Dinh's short reign have emerged on auction in recent years, though a handful of medallic issues are recorded in the Standard Catalog of World Coins Unusual volume. In their work, The Traditional Awards of Annam, Sylvester and Hüsken produce a line drawing of a very similar piece--also pierced at 12 and 6 o'clock, though omitting the Pierre signature and with the name of Duy-Tan--suggesting that the piece belongs to a special class (Dai Hang) of decorations, also comprising the pieces under numbers 3.1.2.1, 3.2.2.2 and 3.13.3. In any case an item of the utmost rarity, sure to appeal to collectors of the Annamese series.

Metal: Gold
Diameter: 37mm

1916-1925年啓定寳鑑九錢金幣。AU Details (Holed) NGC。
37毫米。重33.29克。Pierre鑄造。引人入勝的安南金幣品種，啓定年間倒數第二年發行，各大文獻均爲由記載此款式。啓定在位年間短暫，近年只有兩枚不同款例子的拍賣記錄，分別為二錢金幣及七錢銀幣品種。世界錢幣標準圖錄内還載有另外數款金屬錢幣。Sylvester及Husken合著的安南傳統錢幣圖錄中，亦曾出現一枚非常相似的例子，與本次拍賣一品同樣，在正上下分別穿孔。唯該一枚沒有工匠Pierre簽名，而且戳有維新帝年號，可見為兩款不同金幣。凡此種種，皆見此品之稀罕難覓，各安南錢幣藏家不容錯過。

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