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Stack's Bowers & Ponterio Presents Fantastic Rarities in Spring Hong Kong Auction

This monumental sale will be presented in 12 sessions spread across seven days (April 7-13 HKT), comprising both live and internet-only venues.

by Stacks Bowers Galleries | Published on March 24, 2025

Lots 40182, 40185, and 40159 pictured.

Following in a long line of trend-setting sales that have been standard-bearers for the Asian numismatics marketplace, venerable auction house Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio is excited to announce their Spring 2025 Hong Kong Auction—an exceptional array of over 7,600 lots of coins, medals, tokens, and currency. This monumental sale will be presented in 12 sessions spread across seven days (April 7-13 HKT), comprising both live and internet-only venues. Providing collectors with a wide range of material, this auction boasts a higher-end estimate expectation in excess of $19.6 million.

The always highly-anticipated Rarities Night leads the way and presents such treasures as the catalog cover coin, a Silver Dollar Pattern from 1928 featuring the “Mukden Tiger.” Gold issues from the Republic’s second decade in 1926 also dominate, highlighted by a Dragon & Peacock 20 Cents Pattern, and 20 Dollar and 10 Dollar patterns of the “Dogmeat General” from Shantung. Other impressive offerings include a Gold K’uping Tael Pattern from 1906, a 1921 “Pavilion” Dollar in Gold, and a “Sungarei” 4 Mace Pattern in Brass.

Among non-vintage Chinese offerings, an 1864 Hong Kong Silver Dollar Pattern from the collection of Sir Hercules Robinson should delight bidders, as will a very rare 1646 Crown from the Netherlands East Indies, a 1990 Dragon & Phoenix 1500 Yuan struck in 20 ounces of gold, and a 1984 1000 Yuan from the Panda series that features 12 ounces of gold.

Among world currency in the Spring Hong Kong Auction, highlights include a 1905 1 Tael from the Yu Chuan Honan Official Bank, a 1941 2 Yuan from the Central Bank of China, and a 1912 100 Dollars Color Trial Specimen from Hong Kong’s Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China.

Other World Coin Highlights:

Lot 40005: CHINA. Chekiang. Silver 1 Mace 4.4 Candareens (20 Cents) Pattern, ND (1902). Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-67.
Lot 40041: CHINA. Kiangnan. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), ND (1897). Nanking Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-62.
Lot 40057: CHINA. Kwangtung. 7 Mace 3 Candereens (Dollar), ND (1889). Kwangtung Mint (struck from Heaton Mint dies). Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-63.
Lot 40064: CHINA. Kweichow. Auto Dollar (7 Mace 2 Candareens), Year 17 (1928). Uncertain Mint, likely Chengdu. PCGS AU-55.
Lot 40085: CHINA. Szechuan. Silver Dollar Pattern, ND (1928). Uncertain Mint, possibly Chengdu. PCGS SPECIMEN-62.
Lot 40127: CHINA. Silver "Reversed Dragon" Dollar Pattern, Year 3 (1911). Tientsin Mint. Hsuan-t'ung (Xuantong [Puyi]). PCGS SPECIMEN-61.
Lot 40169: CHINA. Gold Presentation Dollar, ND (1923). Tientsin Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-61.
Lot 40174: CHINA. Gold Presentation Dollar, ND (1923). Tientsin Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-60.

Other World Currency Highlights:

Lot 30283: CHINA--FOREIGN BANKS. Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. 50 Dollars, 1.3.1907. P-5a. S/M#T101-44. PMG Very Fine 20.
Lot 31234: HONG KONG (SAR). Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. 500 Dollars, 1.7.1930. P-177c. KNB67b. PMG Extremely Fine 40.

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Source: Stacks Bowers Galleries

Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company's 80-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, The Guia Collection, The Thos. H. Law Collection, and The Robert O. Ebert Collection.

Topping off this amazing numismatic history is the inclusion of the world record for the highest price ever realized at auction for a rare coin, the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar graded Specimen-66 (PCGS) that realized over $10 million, part of their sale of the famed Cardinal Collection. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, with offices in New York, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack's Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events, the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, and its April and August Hong Kong Auctions.