拍品描述： 中国苏维埃造列宁像壹圆臆造币。版式稀少且别树一格的发行，以带鬍鬚弗拉基米尔-列宁像为题。关于此版的起源和历史知之甚少，但肯定是相当古老的发行，并可能与流通的苏联发行有关连。 1937 年 3 月出版的<em>《中国杂志26卷3号》</em>曾记录同版，很可能源出相同的模具。该出版的编者转述道：关乎上述钱币的描述无可避免较为粗略，因为迄今为止我尚未能亲身检阅此版，而现存的照片质素亦参差。这枚被称为列宁银元的发行是1931年由共产党所铸，更被誉为中国铸造的第一枚苏联硬币，极为罕见。据说，铸量绝无仅有。 此描述表明，此银元可能是湖南苏维埃政府的合法发行，又或是是非常早期和当代的臆造币。无论如何，这些珍品无疑是凤毛麟角的存世之作，我们于 2016 年 8 月香港拍卖会上曾最后一次呈献同版。 铸打工艺高超，不见任何经处理痕迹，PCGS 所指的清洗痕迹亦难以洞悉，并已与包浆融和。通体五彩斑斓，淡紫、蓝、黄色色泽瑰丽，诱人出众。令人爱不释手的一枚，值得跻身高端集藏。CHINA. Fantasy Silver Dollar, ND (ca. 1931). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details.K-Unlisted; KMX-855; WS-Unlisted. A very unusual and RARE Fantasy piece that features a portraiture of Vladimir Lenin with an idealized handlebar mustache. Very little is known about the origin and history of the type, though it is doubtlessly rather old, and is perhaps contemporaneous with circulating Soviet issues. An example of this type, rather likely from the same dies, is plated in the March 1937 edition of <em>THE CHINA JOURNAL Vol. XXVI. No 3. </em>The author of that publication relays: The description of the above coin is necessarily sketchy as so far I have not been able to obtain a specimen, even for examination, and the photograph of the rubbing which is all I have been able to get up to the present is unfortunately poor. This coin, known as the Lenin dollar, was issued by the Communists in 1931, and is reputed to be the first Soviet coin struck in China. It is extremely rare and only a few specimens are reported to be in existence. This information suggests that these pieces were either all legitimate issues of the Hunan Soviet Government, or all very early and contemporary fantasies. Whatever the case, these pieces are doubtlessly RARE, with the example we sold in our August 2016 Hong Kong Auction being the last example of the type we can find trading. The Dollar delivers an expressive strike, with essentially no signs of handling and the cleaning that PCGS mentions is hard to see and blends well with the toning. The color on this piece ranges from lavender, to blue, to yellow; delivering much appeal. A Dollar deserved of much attention from anyone seeking something different to add to their holdings.