拍品描述： 广东省造光绪通宝一文黄铜样币。 PCGS 评鉴中与另一枚并列最高分，定能引起专业藏家关注。看似有数千年历史的黄铜钱，但实际上铸于近代。雕刻家不似认识汉字或满文。币面锃亮，点状浅金色包浆及片状包浆迷人。有趣的样币，来源至今不明。可以肯定并非铸于中国，欧洲铸造的机会较大。由于铸额有限，多本参考书中都未有收录。相比之下，巴黎造币厰的字体更大更圆润，而伯明翰喜敦造币厰（首版广东龙）与此设计风格亦不同。除非有新的资料浮现，否则此版来源仍然是谜。<p>

CHINA. Kwangtung. Brass Cash Pattern, ND (ca. 1890-1908). PCGS SPECIMEN-63. CCC-779; Duan-2235. Tied with just one other specimen for the top spot in the PCGS census, this interesting and perplexing issue is destined to pique the curiosity of the specialist. Overall, it has the "feel" of the multi-millennia of cash coinage to precede it, but its manufacture is instead decidedly modern and polished, though also not with the refinement that an engraver literate in Chinese and Manchu would produce. The surfaces are quite lovely, displaying attractive mottled light golden tone, with some flecks of toning and reflective surfaces.<p><em>An interesting pattern, the exact origin of which remains unknown. It was certainly not manufactured in China, and most likely produced instead in Europe. The fact that this elusive issue is not listed in many of the references is suggestive of its limited production. Though stylistically a much different product than the Paris mint patterns (CCC-777)--where the characters are larger and more bubbly--this issue also differs from the patterns produced by the Heaton mint in Birmingham (first Kwangtung dragon issues). Until more documentation turns up, its origin will remain a mystery.</em>