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• Auction House:
  Aalders Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Traditional & Asian Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  19 Aug 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  144
• Lot Description:
  Very Rare Kweichow (China) Auto Dollar Year 17, c.1928
  the coin also comes with small original envelope with F.L Newman name, as well as a later collected newspaper article from 1966 which he collected. This coin was made to mark the occasion of roads being built by the military governor (warloard) Chow Hsi-Chen of Kweichow province. It features one of his imported motorcars underneath blades of grass, which "inconspicuously resemble the warloards name.
• Provenance:
  Estate of Late L.F Newman (China 1921-1942) The Chinese Salt Department
• Notes:
  1921-1942) The Chinese Salt Department
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Oriental

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