拍品描述： 袁世凯像高帽混配龙凤黼黻图戏作币。 极其珍罕的混配戏铸币。一面为袁世凯高帽款一圆(1914/16)正面，另一面为龙凤银币一圆 (1923)正面。几乎所有专家，包括耿爱德、伊文-古德曼、黄华枢的收藏系列中都没有这枚钱币。儘管整体外观悦目，此枚钱币因凤凰尾巴左侧的"121"有擦痕而被评爲details。该擦痕非常细微，非放大镜不能察出，亦因有包浆覆盖而不显突兀。除此轻微瑕疵以外，品相不俗。

币面光泽亮丽，包浆呈金、棕红、蓝、紫色四色，十分动人。此枚钱币几乎绝迹于市，可谓是中国钱币中的颔下之珠。此等机会千载难逢，还望藏家珍而重之。本行曾经手过一枚相似的戏铸币，出自昆汀-戴维-鲍尔斯收藏系列，拍品编号为#40307并于香港拍卖会上以20,000美元高价拍出。混配戏铸币中较常见的是铜製民国三年袁世凯贰角正面配以龙凤贰角。此枚混配戏铸币定能吸引诸多藏家竞夺。

此款钱币仅在耿爱德的钜作《中国币图説彙考》中的第446页戏铸币字母L底下有记载，耿爱德曾见过一枚，但不曾拥有。耿爱德曾指出，大部分戏铸币均由官方铸币厰使用正式模具铸造，此枚亦然。由于对铸币厰的员工监管宽鬆，因此出现铸币厰使用正规钢製铸模非法打造出这枚钱币。

CHINA. Silver -- Mint Sport -- Dollar, ND (After 1923). PCGS Genuine--Graffiti, Unc Details Gold Shield. K-Mint sport L; L&M-Mule 906/918 (under mint sports); WS-unlisted; Wenchao-unlisted; China Numismatic Museum-unlisted; Shanghai Museum-Mr. Shi Jiagan s collection-unlisted.

An EXCEEDINGLY RARE mint sport mule struck with a Yuan Shih-kai Tall Hat Dollar (1914/16) obverse combined with a Dragon and Phoenix Pattern Dollar (1923) obverse. A truly fascinating piece missing from nearly all advanced collections of Chinese coins such as Edward Kann, Irving Goodman and Wa She Wong just to name a few. While entirely pleasant in hand, this piece received the details designation due to an old institution number "121" that is lightly scratched just to the left of the Phoenix s tail; it however is barely detectable without the aid of magnification and has long since toned over matching with the rest of the coin.

Despite its shortcomings, a highly attractive survivor with flashy surfaces displaying lovely old envelope tone that combines golden, russet, blue and purple hues. The opportunity to acquire such a magnificent oddity from the Chinese series does not present itself often and as such, consideration should be taken very seriously from potential bidders. We do note a mint sport of a similar combination that we sold in our Hong Kong auction of the "Q. David Bowers Collection" Lot # 40307, which hammered for an impressive $20,000.

More frequently encountered, that issue mated the obverse die of a Yuan Shih-kai Year 3 20 Cents with a Dragon and Phoenix 20 Cents and was struck in copper. We expect to see serious competition from collectors to see who will own this mint sport trophy. The only place we were able to locate just a mention of this type is in Edward Kann s masterpiece "Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins" on page 446 letter L under mint sports, it was one that he had seen, but did not own. Admittedly, Kann states that most of the mint sports are the product of government minting facilities using official dies such as the present example. Since supervision was often lax and discipline of mint employees was poor, this accounts for the illegal manufacture in the minting establishments using genuine steel dies.

From the Mas Fera Collection.