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Triton XIV, Lot: 1247. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Guǎngdōng (Kwangtung). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Guǎngzhōu (Canton) mint. Undated issue, struck 1890-1908. “zào shēng dōng guǎng (rosette) kù píng qī qián èr fēn (rosette),” (Made in Guǎngdōng province/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 / KWANG – TUNG PROVINCE/(rosette) 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS (rosette), flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 133; Kann 26a; KM (Yeoman) 203. In NGC slab graded MS 63, lustrous and lightly toned.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.