China: Republic Yuan Shih-kai silver Pattern "Plumed Hat" Dollar Year 3 (1914) MS61 NGC,...

Description

Deeply Patinated "Hat Touches Rim" Dollar

Republic Yuan Shih-kai silver Pattern "Plumed Hat" Dollar Year 3 (1914) MS61 NGC, Tientsin mint, KM-Y322, L&M-860, Kann-642. Hat touching rim variety. A most celebrated issue of the more ubiquitous "Plumed Hat" Dollar, here in a slightly modified, large bust format, creating the instantly recognizable "hat touching rim" variety. While the type is often associated with the "Flying Dragon" reverse found on the 1916 issues, those with the 1914 reverses are rare at best; this being only the second example the cataloger was able to locate by surveying auction results from the last two decades, next to the MS62 Norman Jacobs specimen we handled in December. Of wonderful quality and embellished by a champagne aura around Yuan Shih-kai's effigy, this specimen retains ample originality and is expected to draw significant interest from the advanced collector of Republican issues.

Metal: 91.67% Gold , 3% Silver , 5.33% Copper
Diameter: 39mm

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包漿深沉的「冲天冠」共和壹圓

1914年袁世凱像共和紀念壹圓銀樣幣「冲天冠」。MS61 NGC。
天津造幣廠。沖天冠。頭戴高櫻冠的袁大頭存世不少，此為當中頗具盛名的品種，鑄額稀少，其袁像略經修改，尺寸較大，令高櫻冠幾乎觸及外圈因而得名。雖然此幣時常被人與1916年刻有飛龍的「洪憲紀元」壹圓相提並論，但此幣更為珍罕難得，乃圖錄編者在檢索過往二十年的拍賣記錄後所見的僅第二例，先前一枚為敝司於十二月經手、出自諾曼雅格斯的一枚MS62。其品相出類拔萃，袁像上泛起一脈香檳金光，並呈現出原始質樸的外觀。敝司預期此幣定必能令一眾民國錢幣的頂尖藏家垂涎三尺。


Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000.

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