1973年中国喀喇崑崙工程代金券一组2枚，1及5分，分别PCGS Gold Shield Grading 40Details (微渍) 及 64Details (微渍)，喀喇崑崙公路（中国称友谊公路）连接中国喀什市与1300公里外的巴基斯坦阿伯塔巴德。该工程始于1959年，并于1979年向公众开放。巴基斯坦部分路段是由中国工人完成，因此本拍品是由新疆自治区人民银行发行的代金卷。1979年高速公路竣工后，几乎所有代金券都被赎回，绝大部分被销毁。因此可见流通量和发行时间都非常有限，意味著这批代金券现在十分稀有。。Peoples Republic of China: Karakoram Range Construction Token Issue, 1 and 5 fen, 1973, PCGS Gold Shield Grading 40Details (Minor Stain) and 64Details (Minor Stain). The Karakoram Highway, also known as Friendship Highway in China connects Kashgar in China to Abbottabad in Pakistan 1300km away. Work started in 1959 and was opened to the public in 1979. Sections of the Pakistani section required Chinese workers to complete and tokens were issued by the Peoples Bank of China in Xinjiang Province for workers to use during their work in Pakistan. When the highway was completed in 1979, virtually all notes were redeemed and very few survived. For this reason, and also the fact that the area and duration of circulation were extremely limited meant these tokens are now extremely rare (2)
