民国十六年张作霖海陆军大元帅混配飞龙戏作币。显然是造币厂闲暇时之作。时至今日，过往的戏耍之作已经成为罕见珍品。1926及1927年张作霖样币正面与1916年袁世凯洪宪飞龙反面混配。前所未见的设计搭配，近精选品相，令人讚叹。见之难忘，地位崇高的一枚。包浆有隐约的钴蓝与洋红色，配上香槟底色，绚丽无比。仔细观察掩藏在包浆之下的细节，会发现主体币为北洋三十四年光绪元宝七钱二分。主体币细节位于包浆顔色不同之处（较浅的香槟/黄色），犹如时间停留在加铸的一刻。不可不提，此币出自备受推崇的Goodman集藏，拍卖记录廖若星辰。此戯铸币在耿爱德书中亦有提及，除普通版别外，张作霖像壹圆还存在第五个版别，以685版正面以及663版（袁世凯飞龙）反面组合搭配铸造。此搭配有违常规，必定是戏铸币。因此并未正式录入其资料库。
CHINA. Silver Mint Sport Dollar, ND (1916) (ca. 1930s). Tientsin Mint. PCGS MS-62.L&M-925; K-p. 238; KMX-Unlisted; WS-Unlisted. An undoubted product of idle time at the mint, the frivolous auspices under which this immensely impressive Dollar were struck are of little matter, as it now stands as a tremendous
Muling the obverse types of the General Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zuolin) patterns of 1926 & 1927 and the reverse types of the 1916 flying dragon Dollars of Yuan Shih-kais imperial aspirations (<em>as the Hung Hsien Emperor</em>), this nearly-Choice stunner combines designs that never went together. Nevertheless, its impressive and extremely exalted status is clearly apparent. Meanwhile, its toning, with hues of subtle cobalt and magenta pairing wonderfully with a champagne backdrop, add further allure to its eye appeal. With respect to the toning, if one looks carefully, an undertype can be discerned, as a Year 34 (1908) Chihli Dollar was used as the host coin for this concoction. In particular, elements of the undertype appear in various areas in the form of a different color of toning (a lighter champagne/yellow hue), as if the patination of the host was frozen in time when overstruck. Not to be forgotten is its pedigree to the seemingly unrivaled Goodman collection, with sales records of the type since remaining extremely elusive.
Of note, this mint sport was acknowledged in Kann, as he states, after mentioning the other coin types of the general, that <em>there exists still a fifth type of a Chang Tso-lin dollar coin, namely a combination of type 685 as obverse, and type 663 (flying dragon of the Yuan Shih-kai Hung Hsien period) as the reverse. Such a combination does not make sense, and there is little doubt that the coin is a mint sport,</em> hence his reasoning for not officially enumerating it in his corpus.
Ex: Irving Goodman Collection (Superior - 6/1991) Lot # 835.
