Pinnacle of Hong Kong Auctions

THOUGH APRIL SHOWERS might bring May flowers, all that’s on my mind in April is tracking the stellar Pinnacle Collection of Asian coinage set to cross the block in Hong Kong through the auspices of Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio. Presenting over 5,000 lots with a total pre-auction estimate exceeding $16.5 million, this sale hits the market at just the right time and with the best possible high-grade rarities imaginable.

At the center of the Pinnacle Collection is an extremely rare Japanese pattern set struck for year 3 (1870) of the Meiji era. Only two complete sets are known. One resides in the Royal Mint Museum in Llantrisant, Wales