CNG 84, Lot: 1711. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Zhílì (Chilhi). AR Dollar. Tiānjīn (Tientsin) mint. Dated year 34 of Emperor Guāngxù (1908). 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 208; KM (Yeoman) 73.2. In PCGS slab, graded MS-62.