民国三十年孙中山像背布图拾分铜样币。成都铸币厂。 颇神秘的异质样币，或是用於测试镍以外物料的可行性。在华东地区被日军完全佔领期间，镍币刚进入流通便被日本以高於面值的价格收购。据耿爱德记载，样币存在铜製及黄铜製，但其数量不明。除此枚之外，编者在二级市场中未能找到铜铸版，可见它為样币中 最為罕见 的版别之一。细节仍锐利，反面尤甚。正面呈微弱磨损。半身像后可见些许划痕，因而得工具评分，但与表面融合颇佳，毫不显眼。中国资深集藏中亦能找到一席之地，一旦错过恐怕要在多年后才会重现。 </p> </p> </p> <font size= -8 > (t) <em>
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CHINA. Copper 10 Cents Pattern, Year 30 (1941). Chengdu Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. KM-Pn192; K-864x; Zhou-RC.13.4. Quite an enigmatic issue, this pattern was produced in a dramatic off metal composition likely to test the viability of compositions other than nickel. In the midst of full-scale Japanese occupation in Eastern China, nickel coinage often disappeared from circulation as quickly as it entered, as it was being bought up in excess of face value by the Japanese. Given this, patterns in both brass and copper are recorded by Kann, though the quantity of patterns produced is unknown. This cataloger was unable to find any other examples of this issue produced in copper reaching the secondary market, making it among the most elusive and RAREST of pattern issues. The details remain sharp, particularly on the reverse, with just some faint wear on the obverse. Some scratches behind the bust likely account for the tooling designation, though these blend into the surface quite well and are hard to spot. A piece that belongs in the most advanced of Chinese collections, and one that is unlikely to surface on the market again anytime soon.
