Two Exceptional Gold Pattern Liǎng

Triton XIV, Lot: 1234. Estimate $75000. Sold for $220000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Guāngxù (Kuang-Hsü). 1874-1908. AV Pattern Liǎng (Tael). Imperial Dragon type. Tiānjīn Central (Tientsin) mint. Dated cyclical year 3-7 (1906). “zào nián wǔ bǐng xù guāng (rosette) kù píng yì liǎng (rosette),” (Made in year bǐngwǔ [cyclical year] of Guāngxù/Treasury scales equal to 1 liǎng) in Hànzì, “jīn bì dà qīng,” (Gold coin of the great Qīng dynasty) in Hànzì / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. Edge: Plain. L&M 1023; Kann 1540; Friedberg 1; KM Pn38. In NGC slab graded MS 64, superb luster. Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 134. Very rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Millennia Collection (Goldberg, 26 May 2008), lot 887; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 18 April 2005), lot 2243; acquired in October 1942 from John H. Clapp Estate.