Extremely rare example of a 'Large Hammer & Sickle' Soviet Dollar from this rare location. This coin is not physically in this Museum. It is from the Ponterio sale of the Wa She Wong collection which sold in Dec 2010 in HK. This lot sold for about $94K! It's surely the most expensive Soviet issue coin I have ever seen. Other Red Army issues are even rarer #i.e. frontal 'Lenin' portrait dollar of the Soviet Republic#. Pictured here to 'round-out' the on-line Museum collection. Ex. Money Co HK sale of Sep. 1985. A listed date of 1935 makes this the last dated coin of the Soviet coin issues. Thereafter, they used paper money.
Here are a number of RARE articles on Communist Chinese Soviet coins & notes from the Moneta Library:
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Soviet Chinese Copper Coins ("Little Brown Book") - Hua Guangpu
Soviet Chinese Coppers - Hua Guangpu
Soviet Coins Intriguing - Hogan
Chinese Soviet Coins Intriguing - Hogan
Chinese Soviet Coins and Notes - Raeburn (1937!)
Chinese Soviet Coins and Notes - Raeburn
Chinese Communist Armies Silver Coins - Kann
Chinese Communist Armies - Kann
The premier articles on Early Chinese Soviet issues are the invaluable documents below. It covers the history, coins and notes from 1927-1935 and includes photos and a map: (with color photos; in 3 parts);
The Money of Communist China - Sandrock (3 part series)
Part I: The Money of Communist China 1927-1949 - Part I
Part II: The Money of Communist China 1927-1949 - Part II
Part III: The Money of Communist China 1927-1949 - Part III
The Comprehensive Catalog of Chinese Copper Coins ("SOVIET" extract; color illus.) - Duan
Chinese Soviet Copper Coins - Duan
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