拍品描述： 袁世凯像民国三年壹圆七分脸签字 PCGS SP 62

民国三年袁世凯像一圆七分脸银样币。 L. Giorgi签名。极罕。Pop：仅3枚，PCGS评鑑中另有两枚分数更高。此枚样币铸打深峻，袁世凯像栩栩如生，髮丝、眼睛及鬍鬚雕刻细緻。霜化底板，光泽柔和，带灰至深灰色包浆，仅在脸颊处因其是高铸处，与贮藏容器有所接触而出现包浆色泽差异。儘管如此，这枚样币依然是千载难逢的一枚瑰宝。民国三年袁世凯一圆银币的样币，与最终採纳的设计大相径庭。此枚可见袁世凯的七分像而流通版则是左脸像。此设计存在两个主要版别，均由雕刻师 Luigi Giorgi设计。此枚属第二版别，右胸处内缘带签名。带签名的第二版较第一版无签名更为难得。漂亮的环状包浆衬托庄严的肖像。

CHINA. Silver Dollar Pattern, Year 3 (1914). Tientsin Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-62 Gold Shield. L&M-73; K-643a; KM-Pn33; WS-0167; Wenchao-pg. 535#859 (rarity four stars); Shanghai Museum-Mr. Shi Jiagans collection-pg. 138#634; Sun-III-2-14. Signed by "L. Giorgi". VERY RARE. Pop: 3, two graded finer by PCGS.

This pattern exhibits a bold strike showing every detail of Yuan Shih-kais hair, eyes, and a good portion of his mustache. The fields are frosty, softly lustrous, and imbued with gray to dark gray tone. A slight break in tone occurs on the cheek, a natural high point that was most probably in contact with a containment device in the past and thus toned differently. For all practical purposes this example is as good an offering as one is likely to see in the near future.Proposed pattern for the 1914 Yuan Shih-kai Dollar of Year 3 (1914). Vastly different from the adopted type as this piece features a three-quarters facing portrait of Yuan Shih-kai, rather than the left facing portrait found on the circulation issues. Two major varieties exist of this pattern designed by chief engraver Luigi Giorgi. This is an example of the second type which is signed, just to the right of the bust along the interior of the rim. This second type with the signature is substantially rarer than the unsigned type. Beautiful peripheral toning cradles the stern and authoritative portrait.

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