拍品描述： 江南省造光绪元宝七分二釐银币。南京铸币厂。CHINA. Kiangnan. 7.2 Candareens (10 Cents), ND (1897). Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-66.极为罕见的英国伯明翰喜敦造币厂铸样币。PCGS评级中仅一枚更高分。龙面包浆令人讚不绝口，老江南龙图纤毫毕现，铸打精确。底板全无瑕疵，镜光四射。显然是L&M书中原物。我们曾经手喜敦造币厂所铸的其他面值，但七钱二分实属首次。必定能得藏家踊跃竞投。L&M-213 (this coin illustrated [8th ed.]); cf. K-69 (for regular issue); cf. KM-Y-142 (same); cf. WS-0791 (same). An <strong>EXCESSIVELY RARE</strong> pattern issue struck at Englands Heaton Mint in Birmingham, this stunner is exceeded in the PCGS census by just one other. Exceptional toning elevates the dragon side, <em>which the old Kiangnan-style dragon graces</em>, with a razor-sharp and exacting strike observed throughout. The fields are wholly clear of any issue, with a mirrored reflectivity seemingly omnipresent no matter where one gazes. So wondrous is its eye appeal that its presence as the plate coin for the type in L&M is instantly understood. While we have offered other denominations from the celebrated Heaton Mint series, this represents the first such offering of the 7.2 Candareens denomination, and it is no doubt a tremendous specimen that will have no shortage of enthusiastic participants.