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QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (64.53g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking. VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Qing Dynasty Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (64.53g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking. VF
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QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (64.53g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.703, 56mm, South branch mint, cast 1853-54, brass (huáng tóng) color, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-1971) was born in Silvberg, Säter, Dalarnas County, Sweden on July 30, 1884. He was a lawyer (advokat) and operated his own law firm in Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden. He was married to Märta Maria Pettersson and together they had one son, Svante Ullvius who was born on April 26, 1925. Karl was an avid collector and assembled a vast collection of antiquities and coins. After he died in 1971, his widow and son sold many coins to a local coin dealer in Helsingborg. This firm continued to purchase coins from his son Svante until the 1990s.