拍品描述： 奉天省造光绪元宝库平七钱二分黄铜样币。奉天造币厂。(t) CHINA. Fengtien. Brass 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar) Pattern, ND (1897). Esslingen (Otto Beh) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details.“TENG-TIEN”拼写错误。源自德国，黄铜样币，省名误拼为“TENG-TIEN”，饶富趣味。极罕见且重要，我们经手的第四枚黄铜样币。极罕且重要，此为本公司经手之第四枚黄铜试铸样币，虽经清洗如注记所示，然整体光泽璀璨夺目，几无流通或经手痕迹。<p>近期发现之生产档案为此币铸造提供了新线索，其中包括德国埃斯林根奥图·贝公司（Otto Beh）档案中所藏之样币、模具、二原模及一系列冲头。此前，安徽、浙江、奉天、黑龙江及新疆等地币模之来源仅止于推测。奥图·贝专营印章及模具制作。1895年，邻近格平根之路易斯·舒勒公司（Louis Schuler）接获压币机订单，并委託奥图·贝公司制作模具。1897至1898年间，贝公司向舒勒公司供应逾二百套中国钱币模具，为当时该公司接获的最大订单。舒勒公司始创于1839年一间锁匠舖，后发展为世界金属成型领域之领导者，上述造币厂之压币机即由其供应。L&M-467A; K-Unlisted; KM-Unlisted; cf. WS-0579 (aluminum) and WS-0580 & 0582 (brass 50 Cents & 10 Cents); cf. Chang-54 (aluminum). A stunningly attractive example that is the product of German origin, this brass pattern striking displays the province spelled rather interestingly in English as "TENG-TIEN," rather than "FENG-TIEN." VERY RARE and important, this represents just the fourth such trial piece in brass that we have offered and, though cleaned as noted, it otherwise glistens with exceptional brilliance and essentially displays no evidence of wear or handling.<p><p><em>The recent discovery of production material has shone new light on the creation of this coinage. Such findings included patterns, dies, hubs and a series of punches from the archives of the Otto Beh company in Esslingen, Germany. Before this, the origin of the dies used to produce coinage for the provinces of Anhwei, Chekiang, Fengtien, Heilungkiang and Sungarei was only speculated upon. Otto Beh was a specialist in the production of seals and dies. From neighboring Goppingen, Louis Schuler received an order for coining presses in 1895 and commissioned Otto Beh to manufacture the dies. In 1897 and 1898, Beh supplied Schuler with over 200 dies for Chinese coins. At the time, this was the largest order that the company had ever received. Schuler, which started as a Locksmiths shop in 1839, had grown to become one of the worlds leaders in metal forming and, in fact, supplied the aforementioned mints with coining presses.</em>

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