CHINA. Hunan-Soviet. Countermarked 20 Cash, ND (1931). NGC Genuine.
An intriguing issue, characterized by a hammer and sickle design inside a 5-sided star countermark. As always appears to be the case, the mark was applied to a well-circulated 20 Cash coin, which happens to be an undated (1903) Empire-era 'Hu Poo' 20 Cash in this case. While few of these issues have appeared on the market, this piece is an nice as any, with the stamp displaying incredibly bold detail. According to our consignor, these RARE items were once found among bags of Chinese coppers that were being melted by the Japanese during WWII; in total, it is believed that around 100 were found out of 30,000 coins.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00

一九三一年湖南蘇維埃二十文戳記銅元。
引人入勝的一枚，五角星內錘與鐮設計。一如往常，該標記被應用在流通廣泛的二十文硬幣上，這一枚恰好是出現在無年份（1903年）的"戶部"二十文上。這類錢幣鮮見於市場上，而此枚品相出色，細節令人驚歎。據委託人所稱，這些 罕見 的拍品在被日軍在二戰期間正在熔毀的中國銅幣中發現，據信，當時30,000枚硬幣中，共尋回100枚。 On September 1, 2019, the United States enacted new tariffs on collector's items manufactured in China. Accordingly, all buyers in forthcoming Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Hong Kong Auctions who wish to have any Chinese manufactured item delivered within the United States will be subject to these tariffs. Furthermore, as a result of the new tariffs, all orders will be shipped directly from our Hong Kong offices and shipments to the United States will be subject to our international shipping chart.