Spring 2025 Hong Kong Auction

This monumental sale will be presented in 12 sessions spread across seven days (April 7-13 HKT), comprising both live and internet-only venues.

Stack's Bowers and Ponterio will host its Spring 2025 Hong Kong Auction on April 7-13 HKT. The auction will present over 7,600 lots of coins, medals, tokens and currency in 12 sessions over seven days, with both live and internet-only venues.

This installment of the firm's Hong Kong sale continues in a long line of trend-setting sales that have been standard-bearers for the Asian numismatics marketplace. The auction is expected to realize higher-end estimates in excess of $19.6 million.

Rarities Night leads the way and presents such treasures as the catalog cover coin, a Silver Dollar Pattern from 1928 featuring the “Mukden Tiger”.

Gold issues from the Republic’s second decade in 1926 also dominate, highlighted by a Dragon and Peacock 20 Cents Pattern, and 20 Dollar and 10 Dollar patterns of the “Dogmeat General” from Shantung.

Other impressive offerings include a Gold K’uping Tael Pattern from 1906, a 1921 “Pavilion” Dollar in Gold, and a “Sungarei” 4 Mace Pattern in Brass.

Among non-vintage Chinese offerings, an 1864 Hong Kong Silver Dollar Pattern from the collection of Sir Hercules Robinson should delight bidders, as will a very rare 1646 Crown from the Netherlands East Indies, a 1990 Dragon and Phoenix 1500 Yuan struck in 20 ounces of gold, and a 1984 1000 Yuan from the Panda series that features 12 ounces of gold.

Other World Coin Highlights include:

A 1924 50 Yen Uncirculated Specimen in iOriginal case from the Japanese Empire is sure to attract attention, while a 1948 20 Pesos specimen in case from the Philippines and a 1937 50 Reichsmark Brilliant Uncirculated Specimen from Nazi Germany round out the top-tier offerings.

Among the highlights in Ancient Coins is a Ptolemaic Dynasty Seleucus I Nikator Billon Stater, in Very Fine condition.

World Currency Highlights

Among world currency in the Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio Spring Hong Kong Auction, highlights include a 1905 1 Tael from the Yu Chuan Honan Official Bank, a 1941 2 Yuan from the Central Bank of China, and a 1912 100 Dollars Color Trial Specimen from Hong Kong’s Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China.