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Auction: 339 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC, Grand Hyatt
Lot: 794

China - U.S.A.. China Freedom Dollar (1989). Anti-Communist symbol and peripheral Chinese legend c/s on the obverse of a Chinese Yuan Shih-kai Dollar, year 9; "CHINA FREEDOM DOLLAR.SUPPORT THE FEDERATION.SAVE THE STUDENTS." c/s on the reverse. After the Tian An Men Square massacre in Beijing in 1989, an organization, The Berkeley Chinese Students & Scholars Association (B.C.S.S.A.) was formed to assist Chinese exchange students stranded in the U.S. In order to raise funds, a small number of Chinese Silver Dollars and foreign Crowns current in China in the early 20th Century were countermarked and sold. Rare. With original B.C.S.S.A. envelope. Extremely Fine.

Sold for
$900