Triton XIV, Lot: 1275. Estimate $200. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Yúnnán (Yunnan). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Kūnmíng mint. Undated issue, struck 1907. “zào shěng nán yún (pierced cross) kù píng qī qián èr fēn (pierced cross),” (Made in Yúnnán 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 / YUN – NAN – PROVINCE/(pierced cross) 7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS (pierced cross), flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 418; Kann 166; KM (Yeoman) 254. In NGC slab graded AU Details, some surface hairlines.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.