Hsüan-t'ung Dollar Year 3 (1911) MS64 NGC, Tientsin mint, KM-Y31, L&M-37, Kann-227. No period, extra flame variety. A serene and lustrous representative of this highly popular single-year type that should easily turn heads by its sheer visual impact. The exceptional surfaces remain entirely frost-white throughout. Subtle rotation in light unleashes sweeping luster across the fields, which, even in light of the impressive grade assigned, appear essentially gem, with only minute and isolated instances of contact limiting the technical grade. Though small numbers of finer examples exist, this admirable selection may easily be considered by the most advanced collectors of the Chinese series.

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