Triton XIV, Lot: 1274. Estimate $500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Sìchuān (Szechuan). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Chéngdū mint. Undated issue, struck 1898-1908. “zào shěng chuān sì (pierced cross) kù píng qī qián èr fēn (pierced cross),” (Made in Sìchuān 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 / SZECHUEN PROVINCE/(pierced cross) 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS (pierced cross); V inverted, flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 345; Kann 143g; KM (Yeoman) 238.1. In NGC slab graded AU 55, lustrous.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.