I have just checked NGC and PCGS databases and now no wonder why the prices for high grade fen coins went down so much.
Still, I consider those a jewelry of MCC colection, and was unfortunatelly second high bidder for a nice 1 fens 1961 and a 2 fen 1963. I was a little suspicious as those were sold in a mix with general fens, so did not go higher with offers. But in 2012 there were lots of new coins graded, some quite high, even for a rare 1961 year after poor years and the famine in 1959-1960.
Now coins that went for $5000 and more are not unique in high grades and it will take years and years to get those prices again.
"Five Kings" coins, on the other side, are quite hard to get and are stable in their price. I still miss 3 of them, but 100 of others are already in my small collection.
I wanted to ask if anybody could confirm that fen coins are already history and are not minted anymore?
I met chinese girl on one of the seminars, I attended recently, and tried to get her help to purchase the new book on circulation coins. She was really surprised that there are coins still in circulation in PRC and said that she has not seen any for long time :-))