China 1911 Short-Whiskers Dollar
May 1, 2026
There are many rarities in Chinese numismatics, yet the pattern 1911 Ta Qing silver dollar coinage from the Central Mint in Tientsin offers some of the most famous and desirable issues in the entire Asian coin catalog. Many of the most sought-after pieces are patterns, and the Short-Whiskers Dollar Pattern is one of the scarcest and most desirable from the series.
The Central Mint at Tientsin was founded in 1901 and began producing coins three years later, in 1904. The governmental goal of the mint was to develop a unified currency for the Chinese Empire, rather than the non-uniform coinage of the provincial mints. Silver dollar coin production began in limited production along other minor denominations in 1907. Mass production of dollar coins began the following year, in 1908, along with 20 cent and 10 cent coins. Dollar coin production continued again in 1910 with a pattern produced with dies made at the Vienna Mint in Austria.
From PCGS