拍品描述： 光绪丁未年造大清金币库平一两样币。天津造币厂。
(t) CHINA. Gold Kuping Tael Pattern, CD (1907). Tientsin Mint. NGC MS-64.

光绪丁未年造大清金币库平一两样币。天津造币厂。PCGS及NGC中最高分的孤品。具代表性的一枚，鲜少面市，细节出众，图文纤毫毕现。光泽币面，金光若隐若现，原厂品相。仔细检阅，底版及图文可见有些粗糙感，应为较后期铸制时原模所出现的特徵。铸额稀少，每次面市成交价均再创新高。GEM品相杰作，世界级珍藏。

没有发行的试造样币。清政府计画推行一两为单位的金本位制币，不幸未能实现。主要是中国当时缺乏黄金储备，且使用的通货是以银为本位。仅试制极少数量的金质样币。

CHINA. Gold Kuping Tael Pattern, CD (1907). Tientsin Mint. NGC MS-64.L&M-1024; Fr-2; K-1541; KM-Pn302; Wenchao-pg.49 #11 (rarity four stars); Chang Foundation-pg.26 #7; WS-0009. The single finest certified of the type on either the NGC or PCGS population reports, none finer. A fantastic representative of this seldom encountered and this lovely large size gold coin exhibits a bold strike with good definition of the fine details and crisp legends. The smooth surfaces offer much brilliance, but are slightly subdued and very original looking. Close inspection of the fields and devices reveals a slight surface roughness indicative of a later die state of this issue. Clearly struck in limited quantities, these pattern only issues are highly coveted by collectors commanding strong prices whenever they appear on the market. This near-Gem example is sure to catch the attention of quality conscious collectors with fine cabinets.

Struck on an experimental basis as patterns only and never released into circulation. The plans to issue gold coinage in units of one teal for circulation, unfortunately, never materialized. This was largely due to Chinas lack of gold reserve combined with the current currency being based on the silver standard. Hence a limited number of pattern Taels were struck in gold.