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HONAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, brass 10 cash, ND (1905), PCGS Specimen 64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Provincial Start Price:4,250.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
HONAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, brass 10 cash, ND (1905), PCGS Specimen 64
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28,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (5,600.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jun 14 @ 19:31UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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HONAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, brass 10 cash, ND (1905), Y-108A.3A, CL-HON.12, CCC-520, Duan-2586, a very rare pattern struck at the Ferracute Mint, New Jersey, USA, with dies engraved by Charles Barber, the then-chief engraver of the U.S. Mint, a wonderfully toned specimen example! PCGS graded Specimen 64, RR. The Ferracute Machine Company was founded in Bridgeton, NJ in 1863. The company manufactured metal forming presses for a variety of purposes, from producing cans and automobile parts to minting coins. Among its customers were the United States Mint and the historic Casa de Moneda of Potosí, Bolivia, as well as the Chinese provincial mints of Szechuan (in Chengdu, Sichuan) and Honan (in Kaifeng, Henan).