Central Antiques Furniture Store Closing Sale: A Record of Appraisal and Recovery of Late Qing Dynasty and Republican Era Silver Dollars and Mexican Silver Dollars in Bulk

When dealing with coin collection and recycling, occasionally we receive "big orders"—not referring to particularly high monetary value, but rather large quantities, diverse varieties, and the need for individual classification and appraisal. Mr. Leung's case was one such instance.

Mr. Leung, fifty-eight years old, has operated an antique furniture store on Hollywood Road in Central for over twenty years. In recent years, with the shrinking antique furniture market and continuously rising rents, he decided to close down the business. During the clearance process, he found an iron biscuit tin hidden in a secret compartment of a zitan wood cabinet. Inside were more than a dozen old silver coins, each wrapped in cotton paper.

"I acquired this cabinet more than ten years ago, and it had never been sold. I didn't even know it had a secret compartment," Mr. Leung said with a laugh, adding that the price he paid for the cabinet back then might have been less than the value of the silver coins inside.

Individual Classification and Appraisal

The fourteen silver coins laid out showed the following distribution by type:

"Fatman" Dollars ×5

  • Year 3 of the Republic ×3: Common variety, condition VF25-XF40
  • Year 9 of the Republic ×1: Fine Hair variety, condition VF30
  • Year 10 of the Republic ×1: Common variety, condition VF20

Guangxu Yuanbao ×4

  • Beiyang Mint Year 34 ×1: Condition VF25
  • Hubei Province Mint ×2: Condition F15-VF20
  • Guangdong Province Mint ×1: Condition VF30

Mexican Eagle Dollars ×3

  • One each from 1898, 1900, and 1903, condition F12-VF25

Sun Yat-sen "Small Head" Dollars ×2

  • Upper Six-Star variety ×2, condition VF20-VF25

Total Valuation of the Lot

  • "Fatman" Dollars (5 pieces) subtotal: HK$29,500
  • Guangxu Yuanbao (4 pieces) subtotal: HK$18,200
  • Mexican Eagle Dollars (3 pieces) subtotal: HK$6,800
  • Sun Yat-sen "Small Head" Dollars (2 pieces) subtotal: HK$5,400
  • Grand Total: HK$59,900

Mr. Leung confirmed on the spot. He mentioned that this money would be just enough for the severance pay after closing his business. "After collecting antique furniture for twenty years, in the end, a tin of silver coins from under the table helped me close up shop."

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民國袁大頭一枚回收價大約幾多？

袁大頭嘅回收價要睇年份同品相。民國三年普通版香港回收價約 HK$1,200–3,000；八年版因鑄量少，普通流通品約 HK$2,500–5,000；九年精發版可達 HK$5,000–15,000；十年版約 HK$1,500–4,000。如果係 PCGS/NGC 評級 MS62 以上嘅高分幣，價格可翻幾倍。至於 L. Giorgi 簽字版、O 版、三角圓等稀有版別屬樣幣級別，市場成交可達數十萬甚至破百萬港幣。建議影清楚正反面圖透過 WhatsApp 98342057 免費估價。

袁大頭點樣分辨真假？

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邊個年份嘅袁大頭最值錢？

從稀缺性同存世量睇，民國三年「L. Giorgi 簽字版」最珍貴，屬試鑄樣幣，每次拍賣都過百萬港幣。其次係民國三年「O 版」同「三角圓」，市價約 HK$30,000–80,000。民國八年版因當年僅天津造幣廠少量鑄造、存世稀少，普通品都過 HK$5,000。民國九年「精發版」（袁世凱髮絲清晰可數）價值高於普通九年版幾倍。民國十年「T 點年」「缺口造」等暗記版亦有溢價空間。

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