Stack’s Realizes Nearly $23 Million in Hong Kong Auction

Auction house Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio continued their market-leading Hong Kong sales with another successful spring auction held in April. The firm presented 9,558 lots of coins, medals, tokens, and currency, which realized a total of $22.96 million. With this lofty sum, the firm celebrates its seventh consecutive Hong Kong sale with total prices exceeding $20 million – a stunning benchmark proving that, when Chinese and related coinage is sold, it is Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio that provides notable results. (All prices include the buyer’s premium.)

Lot 40119: CHINA. Gold K’uping Tael Pattern, CD (1907). Tientsin Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-61. Estimate: $400,000-$500,000. Result: $720,000.

Rarities Night represented the majority of the superb prices, with a Mint State 1906 Gold K’uping Tael Pattern realizing $720,000, and the remarkable “mint sport” Silver Dollar featuring General Chang Tso-lin bringing $540,000. An elusive 1932 “Birds under Junk” Silver Dollar (or “Sun”) Pattern brought $528,000, an 1898 Kiangnan Dollar sold for $480,000, and a specimen 1911 Silver “Reversed Dragon” Dollar Pattern fetched $456,000.

Lot 43391: Philippines. Philippines – Peru. 2 Reales, ND (ca. 1834-37). Manila Mint. Isabel II. PCGS VF-20; Countermark: VF Details. Estimate: $10,000-$20,000. Result: $96,000

Stunning results were not limited to Rarities Night, however, with other strong realizations coming in the form of a Filipino 2 Reales (countermarked upon a Peruvian host) that realized $96,000, an 1864 Hong Kong Silver Dollar Pattern, a 2018 Great Britain Gold 1000 Pounds, and a 1953 People’s Bank of China 10 Yuan that each brought $78,000, and an early 20th century Pei-Yang Tientsin Bank 1 Tael Front Color Trial Specimen that sold for $72,000.

Other World Coin Highlights:

• Lot 40023: China. Fengtien. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), CD (1903). Fengtien Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-64. Sold for $264,000.
• Lot 40024: China. Fengtien. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), CD (1903). Fengtien Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS MS-64. Sold for $276,000.

Lot 40050: China. Kiangnan. Copper 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar) Pattern, ND (1897). Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-63 Brown. Estimate: $300,000-$500,000. Result: $312,000.

• Lot 40050: China. Kiangnan. Copper 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar) Pattern, ND (1897). Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-63 Brown. Sold for $312,000.
• Lot 40087: China. Kweichow. Auto Dollar (7 Mace 2 Candareens), Year 17 (1928). Uncertain Mint, likely Chengdu. PCGS MS-61. Sold for $228,000.
• Lot 40089: China. Kweichow. Auto Dollar (7 Mace 2 Candareens), Year 17 (1928). Uncertain Mint, likely Chengdu. PCGS AU-58. Sold for $252,000.
• Lot 40120: China. Silver Tael Pattern Restrike, CD (1906). Tientsin Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). NGC MS-65. Sold for $312,000.
• Lot 40123: China. 7 Mace 2 Candareens (Dollar), ND (1908). Tientsin Mint. Kuang-hsu (Guangxu). PCGS SPECIMEN-64. Sold for $372,000.

Lot 40170: China. Gold Dollar Pattern, ND (1916). Tientsin Mint. Hung-hsien (Hongxian [Yuan Shih-kai]). PCGS SPECIMEN-64+. Estimate: $300,000-$500,000. Result: $396,000.

• Lot 40170: China. Gold Dollar Pattern, ND (1916). Tientsin Mint. Hung-hsien (Hongxian [Yuan Shih-kai]). PCGS SPECIMEN-64+. Sold for $396,000.
• Lot 40171: China. Dollar, ND (1916). Tientsin Mint. Hung-hsien (Hongxian [Yuan Shih-kai]). PCGS MS-66. Sold for $264,000.