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Triton XIV, Lot: 1297. Estimate $750.
Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Jílín (Kirin). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Jílín Shì mint. Dated cyclical year 2-6 (1905). “zào shěng lín jí yǐ kù píng qī qián èr fēn sì,” (Made in Jílín province/yǐ [cyclical date stem]/Treasury scales equal to 7 qián and 2 fēn/sì [cyclical date branch]) in Hànzì, “bǎo yuán guāng xù,” (Valuable yuán of Guāngxù) in Hànzì around small tài jí tú (yin and yang symbol) / KIRIN • PROVINCE/(pierced cross) 7 • CAINDARINS • 2 (pierced cross), flying imperial dragon facing, coiled around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds; to left and right, “Jílín,” in Mongolian script. L&M 557; Kann 512 var. (medium tài jí tú); KM (Yeoman) 183a.3. In NGC slab graded AU Details, some surface hairlines.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.