Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1967. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Zhílì (Chilhi). AR Dollar (26.75 g, 12h). Tiānjīn (Tientsin) mint. Dated year 25 of Emperor Guāngxù (1899). Inner legends: “Valuable coin (of) Guāngxù,” in Chinese characters surrounding similar legend in Manchu characters; outer legend, above: “Made in Běiyáng;” below: “Treasury scales 7 mace (and) 2 candareens;” both in Chinese characters / Flying imperial dragon facing. Kann 196; KM (Yeoman) 73. Superb EF, attractive rainbow toning.