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Chinese proof brings $240,000 for Stack’s Bowers

A 1975 2-yuan proof note from China was the star of Stack’s Bowers’ paper money auction held March 25 in Hong Kong.
“Iron Man” Wang Jinxi, regarded as a hero in the People’s Republic of China for his work in 1960 at the Daqing Oil Field, appears on the front of this 1975 2-yuan proof note from China. It sold for $240,000 in Stack’s Bowers’ March 25 paper money auction held in Hong Kong

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