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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 196

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 3; same symbol with English legend CHINA FREEDOM DOLLAR.SUPPORT THE FEDERATION.SAVE THE STUDENTS." c/s on the reverse. After the 1989 Tian An Men Square massacre in Beijing, an organization, The Berkeley Chinese Students & Scholars Association (B.C.S.S.A.) was formed to help Chinese exchange students stranded in the U.S. As a means of raising 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 (some ink notation on front). Extremely Fine.

Sold for
$400