拍品描述： 广东省造光绪通宝一文黄铜样币。(t) CHINA. Kwangtung. Brass Cash Pattern, ND (ca. 1890-1908). Uncertain Mint (likely in Europe). Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-63.此枚钱币显然承袭了近两千年来方孔圆钱的风格，然而其精湛清晰的铸造工艺，却又明显超越了当时最先进的铸币技术。币面图案与边缘方正，浮雕锐利，底板流光溢彩，足堪精选之誉，仅微小斑点使其未能晋升更高评级。 此枚样币来源成谜，确非中国本土制造，极可能出自欧洲。其未被诸多钱币图录收录，亦暗示其发行量稀少。儘管其风格与巴黎造币厂样币（CCC-777）迥异——后者文字较大且圆润——此币亦不同于伯明翰喜敦造币厂所制样币（首批广东龙洋）。依编目者之见，德国或为其可能产地，然在更多文献浮现之前，其起源仍将是个谜。KM-Unlisted; CCC-779; Duan-2235. While clearly channeling the Cash-style issues from the previous near-two-millennia, this stunning example also departs distinctly in its crisp, clear manufacture from the most advanced minting technology that the period would allow. Finely styled and produced in sharp relief, with squared devices and rims and swirling luster through the fields, this piece is well-deserving of its Choice designation, with only minor spotting precluding a finer grade.<em>An interesting pattern, the exact origin of which remains unknown. It was certainly not manufactured in China, and most likely produced instead in Europe. That this issue is not listed in many of the references is suggestive of its limited production. Though stylistically a much different product than the Paris mint patterns (CCC-777)--where the characters are larger and more bubbly--this issue also differs from the patterns produced by the Heaton mint in Birmingham (first Kwangtung dragon issues). In the cataloguers opinion Germany would be a likely source, but until more documentation emerges its origins will remain a mystery.</em>

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