Bidspirit auction | CHINESE GOLD COIN FROM HSBC

CHINESE GOLD COIN FROM HSBC BANK - Republican Period, Ca. early-mid 20th century AD. A rectangular Chinese gold coin, cast and stamped on both sides. The obverse bears the characters ????? (Feng Yinhang), the Chinese name of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The reverse is struck with the bank’s iconic lion head emblem, accompanied by English inscriptions reading: “999.9 FINE GOLD / ONE TAEL / 37.427 g”.Size: 26mm x 18mm; Weight: 37.4gProvenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auction 62, 03/02/2011, lot 3420.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.