Triton XIV, Lot: 1261. Estimate $3000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Ānhuī (Anhwei). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Ānqìng mint. Dated cyclical year 5-11 (1898). “zào shěng huī ān xū wù (rosette) kù píng qī qián èr fēn (rosette),” (Made in Ānhuī province in cyclical year wùxū/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 / AN – HWEI PROVINCE/(rosette) 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS (rosette), flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 207; Kann 61b; KM (Yeoman) 45.4. In NGC slab graded AU 58, lightly toned with golden hues.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.