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CHINA, Republic, dollar, Yuan Shih-kai, Year 9 (1920), ex-Peterson. 民国9[x=#24180

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Coins Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 225.00 USD
CHINA, Republic, dollar, Yuan Shih-kai, Year 9 (1920), ex-Peterson. 民国9[x=#24180
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CHINA, Republic, dollar, Yuan Shih-kai, Year 9 (1920), ex-Peterson. 民国9年袁世凯像壹圆。 L&M-77; Kann-666; KM-Y329.6; WS-0181-2. 26.85 grams. Only the second coin and the first of this type that we've offered from this shipwreck. Rare provenance to a World War II Japanese transport ship sunk on December 30, 1942, in Simpson Harbour off Rabaul during a bombing run by B-17s of the USAAF 43rd Bomb Group. AU with polished surfaces from post-salvage cleaning, no noticeable corrosion. Pedigreed to the collection of the late Dr. Mendel Peterson (Curator of Underwater Archeology for the Smithsonian Institution), with original Brandenberg tag and information.

这是我们上拍的第2枚来自这艘沉船的品种,也是该版别的第1枚。其稀有的来源于二战期间,一艘日本运输船于1942年12月30日在拉包尔附近的辛普森港被美国空军第43轰炸集团的B-17轰炸机炸沉。这枚币的状态为AU,表面因打捞后清洗而磨光,未见明显腐蚀。它曾属于已故的门德尔·彼得森博士(史密森学会水下考古学策展人)的收藏,并附有原始的布兰登堡标签和相关信息。回收自:富士丸,1942年沉没于巴布亚新几内亚的新不列颠岛附近。 Recovered from: Tomiura Maru, sunk in 1942 off New Britain, Papua New Guinea