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Modern Gold ¥1,500 Stars in Hong Kong

While attention of most U.S. numismatists in mid-August was focused on Rosemount, some 6,000 miles away in Hong Kong, heavy Asian collector action was going down. On Aug. 19-22 Stack’s-Bowers conducted a three-part sale of modern Chinese coins, provincial Chinese coins and, Hong Kong & foreign coins. Some 2,760 lots

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