Triton XIX, Lot: 2281. Estimate $10000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Qīng dynasty. temp. Dézōng (Guāngxù). AD 1875-1908. AV Qián – Mace (18mm, 3.66 g, 12h). Xīnjiāng province. Díhuà (Ürümqi) mint. Struck 1907, under the command of Wang Shunan, Assistant Governor of Xīnjiāng. Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward / Legend in Hànzì characters. L&M 1051; Kann 1508; KM (Y) 8.2; Xinjiang 411; Friedberg 7c. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, July 1982.