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LIGOR: lead 1/4 bia (28.40g), CD1888

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 300.00 USD
LIGOR: lead 1/4 bia (28.40g), CD1888
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LIGOR: lead 1/4 bia (28.40g), CD1888, Pridmore-227, Lu K'un T'ung Yüan (Money of Lakhon [Ligor]) rats at upper right & lower left, Hé (harmony) chopmark at lower right, uncertain character countermarked at upper left within rectangle / Ho Li (peace and profit), phoenix above & dragon below, Fine to Very Fine, RR. Value is 1/4 bia with 10 bia equal to 1 dollar, thus 40 of these large coins were worth one dollar. The rat is symbolic of the Year of the Rat, making it very likely this was cast in 1888. Pridmore's published specimen seems to have the two countermarks, although he failed to mention them.