Triton XIV, Lot: 1242. Estimate $2000. Sold for $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xuāntǒng (Hsüan-T’ung). 1908-1912. AR Yuán – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Tiānjīn Central (Tientsin) mint. Dated RY 3 (1911). “Silver coin of the great Qīng dynasty,” in Manchu script/“nián sān xuān tǒng,” (Year 3 of Xuāntǒng) in Hànzì, “yín bì dà qīng,” (Silver coin of the great Qīng dynasty); floral spray to left and right / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled rightward around “yì yuán,” (1 yuán) and surrounded by stylized clouds; below, fireball above ONE DOLLAR·. L&M 36; Kann 227a; KM (Yeoman) 31.1. In NGC slab graded MS 62, darkly toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.