孙中山帆船混配袁世凯嘉禾壹圆戏作币。此币必然是造币厂闲暇时戏耍之作，趣味十足。两个经典民国早期版别的反面合二为一，分别是袁世凯侧脸像壹圆与孙中山像帆船壹圆。因其戏铸性质而难以判断年份，但袁世凯像壹圆反面展现出1920年海南版的所有特徵(WS-0181-8)。左侧嘉禾顶部的穗粒闭合，内齿底板较凹陷，圆字最后一横呈水平而非稍斜向上。此版铸于1949年，并一直在内地流通直至民国政府落败。因此推测此币应是出于该时期，可能铸于民国结束后不久，战乱稍息方有馀閒嬉戏。帆船一面亦稍显凹陷，与正面海南版的位置相同，可见铸造方式与时间相同。略经清洗，但光泽依然强劲，边缘有轻微包浆，令人爱不释手。罕见之最，一旦错过几乎无法再遇。(t) CHINA. Silver Mint Sport Dollar, ND (ca. 1950s). Tientsin Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Unc Details.L&M-929; K-Unlisted; KM-Unlisted; WS-Unlisted. Undoubtedly emanating from idle hands at the mint, this specimen serves as a rather dramatic and interesting example of mint sport, as it pairs reverses of two of the more iconic issues from the early Republic--that of the Yuan Shih-kai side-profile Dollar and the Sun Yat-sen junk Dollar. While it is difficult to assign any dating to this product of frivolity, one can see that the reverse of the Yuan Shih-kai Dollar shares all of the characteristics with that known as the Hainan type of 1920 (WS-0181-8). Namely, the non-bisected central leaf at the top left portion of the wreath, the somewhat recessed field just interior to the denticles, and the lower right stroke of the yuan ending horizontally rather than with a slight uptick. These issues, known to have been struck in 1949 and circulated in the mainland until the fall of the Republic, point to a period of manufacture around this time--<em>possibly shortly after the Republic had fallen, when such extracurricular activities could more easily be conducted</em>. Indeed, even the junk side of this piece presents a somewhat recessed nature, paralleling the obverse of said Hainan Dollar, and alluding to similarities in method and period of manufacture. Lightly cleaned as noted, but endlessly engaging and intriguing, with exceptional brilliance and just a light degree of toning at the rims. Of the <strong>HIGHEST RARITY</strong>, and a specimen that would be extremely difficult, <em>if not impossible</em>, to replace.
