No Date P10 Yen Paulownia Silver Pattern SP(PCGS#822730)

April 2021 Hong Kong World Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

51227

等级

SP62

价格

25,174

详细说明

JAPAN. Silver 10 Yen Pattern, ND. Bureau Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-62 Gold Shield. KM-Unlisted; JNDA-Unlisted; Bank of Japan-Unlisted; ANS-Unlisted; BM-Unlisted; Hartill-Unlisted; JV-Unlisted. 20.5 mm. A fascinating issue without denomination struck on a silver planchet. The obverse exhibits three characters "Zō hei kyoku" indicating "Monetary Bureau", with three Paulownia flowers in identical formation to the obverse on the reverse indicating coin alignment. It is interesting to note that we were able to locate a six different examples, all from Japanese auctions struck in brass or copper, from this series all containing a central letter "A", "K" or "S", but none that were missing the central letter altogether such as the present example. It also appears that the present piece exhibits a mint made file mark on the reverse, perhaps as a weight adjustment that none of the others display which were struck in lesser metals. This highly interesting issue is perfect for the academic collector wishing to scour Japanese mint records in search of answers for this enigmatic issuance. Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000. Click here for certification details from PCGS. 日本十圓銀樣幣。政府造幣廠。 饒有趣味的一枚無面值銀樣幣，銀坯打模。正面三字造幣局，背面三朵桐花與正面的三字佈局相同，水平反轉後前後圖案的方向一致。引人入勝的是，我們可找到六枚同款，均是以黃銅或銅鑄，中央鑄有呈如"A"、"K"或"S"的英字 ，但此枚的中央英字則從缺。且反面有出廠時所留下的銼痕，可能是調整重量所致，而其他同款因為鑄打時使用的金屬量較低，並無此痕。風格獨特的一枚，適合對日本樣幣鑄造學術研究有興趣的藏家。