Triton XIV, Lot: 1268. Estimate $1000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Jiāngnán (Kiangnan). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Nánjīng mint; H. A. Holmes, mintmaster. Dated cyclical year 9-3 (1902). HAH “zào shěng nán jiāng rén kù píng qī qián èr fēn yín,” (Made in Jiāngnán province/rén [cyclical date stem]/Treasury scales equal to 7 qián and 2 fēn/yín [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 247; Kann 93; KM (Yeoman) 145a.8. In NGC slab graded MS 62, lustrous.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.