Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 2021. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KOREA, Joseon Dynasty. Gojong Gwangmuje. pre-reform reign, 1863-1897. AR Whan – 5 Yang. Dated year 501 of the Joseon Dynasty (AD 1892). Two flying imperial dragons facing one another; outer legend, to right: “Five Yang,” in Korean characters; above and to left: “Year one (and) one hundred (and) five (of the) dynasty’s founding (of) Great Korea,” in Chinese characters / “Five Yang,” in Chinese characters; all within wreath; flower above. KM 1114. In NGC slab, graded MS-63.