COLLECTION OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER COIN SET PIN DISHES
VARIOUS MAKERS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
£650
Auction: 26 June 2012 at 11:00 BST
Description
to include: Wang Hing dish, marked WH, 90, character mark, set with a 1908 trade dollar on planished background; another Wang Hing, set with an Ashanti Medal ; Wing Nam & Co, Hong Kong, set with a 1910 trade dollar; C.J. & Co, indistinctly marked, C.J.C.o, Mexican 8 Reales piece marked 1895; a matched pair of dishes by C.F. & Co, marked C.J.C.o, set with 1 yuan dollar coin featuring Yuan Shih-kai; and a dish by Kwan Wo, circa 1925, marked KW, 85, character mark, reverse of coin with head of Sun Yat-sen, engraved initials for Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, RHKGC, beneath a ship to other side (8)
Dimensions
combined weight 15.9oz
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