China: Kuang-hsü gold Specimen Pattern Kuping Tael (Liang) 1907 SP61 PCGS,...

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Stunning Small Clouds Kuping Tael

Kuang-hsü gold Specimen Pattern Kuping Tael (Liang) 1907 SP61 PCGS, Tientsin mint, KM-Pn302, L&M-1024, Kann-1541. Reeded edge. Small clouds variety. Perhaps the most iconic, and certainly the most renowned, gold Pattern of the late Qing Dynasty, this imposing Kuping Tael stands as a veritable giant of Chinese numismatics. Noted by Kann to perhaps have been a "superfluous" experiment moving towards modernizing the country by "flirt[ing] with the idea of introducing a gold-standard system" to a country that had never possessed one, the coin at hand appears bathed in a goldenrod patina. Some extremely minor handling wisps are noted for the sake of accuracy, in line with the assigned grade, but otherwise are notably faint, requiring a more scrupulous examination to reveal themselves. Needless to say, an exceedingly rare issue and an absolute must for the serious collector of Chinese coins and Patterns.

Metal: Gold
Diameter: 38mm

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令人驚嘆的「小雲版」庫平一兩金幣

光緒丁未年造（1907）大清金幣庫平一兩樣幣。SP61 PCGS。
天津造幣廠。齒邊。小雲版。此幣堪稱晚清時期名聲顯赫的金樣幣系列，這枚庫平一兩形制巍然，是中國錢幣學領域當之無愧的巨擘。耿愛德曾指此幣或許是清政府邁向現代化的實驗，推行前所未有的金本位制，卻顯得格格不入，終成曇花。幣身披覆金色包漿，狀態恰如其分。毋庸置疑的曠世大珍品，絕對不容錯失。

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