Triton XIV, Lot: 1237. Estimate $1500. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Guāngxù (Kuang-Hsü). 1874-1908. AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Tiānjīn Central (Tientsin) mint. Undated issue, struck 1908. “chǎng zǒng bì zào • kù píng qī qián èr fēn •,” (Made at the Central mint/Treasury scales equal to 7 qián and 2 fēn) in Hànzì, “bǎo yuán guāng xù,” (Valuable yuán of Guāngxù) in Hànzì around similar legend in Manchu script / “zào nián xù guāng,” (Made during the reign of Guāngxù)/TAI – CH‘ING – TI – KUO SILVER COIN., flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 11; Kann 216; KM (Yeoman) 14. In NGC slab graded MS 61, attractively toned with underlying luster.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.