Triton XIV, Lot: 1266. Estimate $750. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Jiāngnán (Kiangnan). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Nánjīng mint. Dated cyclical year 7-1 (1900). “zào shěng nán jiāng gēng kù píng qī qián èr fēn zǐ,” (Made in Jiāngnán province/gēng [cyclical date stem]/Treasury scales equal to 7 qián and 2 fēn/zǐ [cyclical date branch]) in Hànzì, “bǎo yuán guāng xù,” (Valuable yuán of Guāngxù) in Hànzì around similar legend in Manchu script / KIANG NAN PROVINCE/(rosette) 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS (rosette), flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 229; Kann 81; KM (Yeoman) 145a.4. In NGC slab graded UNC Details, lustrous, some surface hairlines.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.