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

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Resplendent Small Clouds Kuping Tael

Kuang-hsü gold Specimen Pattern Kuping Tael (Liang) CD 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. Warm golden resplendence jettisons the viewer into a celebratory state, where the fierce dragon awakens and roars from the flan. Deliberate inspection reveals minor handling wisps that is endemic to the type, but are notably faint in the larger presentation of the coin in hand. Only two pieces grade higher at PCGS, making this a prime acquisition for those yet to add this type to their advanced Chinese cabinet.

From the Peh Family Collection

Metal: Gold

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金光璀璨的「小雲版」庫平一兩

光緒丁未年造（1907）大清金幣庫平一兩金樣幣。SP61 PCGS。
天津造幣廠。齒邊。小雲版。此幣堪稱晚清聲名最盛之金質樣幣，歷史地位經典雋永。這枚魅力非凡的庫平一兩乃中國錢幣界之頂級珍品，按耿愛德記錄，應緣起於當時「探討引進金本位制」的背景下草草進行的試驗，畢竟金本位制乃中國從未嘗試之維新變革。溫潤的金光引人入勝，張牙舞爪的飛龍騰躍翱翔，僅微乎其微觸痕。PCGS記錄中僅見兩例評分更勝一籌，故對於有志提升集藏水平的中國錢幣收藏家而言實為絕佳之選。

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