Triton XIV, Lot: 1284. Estimate $4000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Zhílì (Chihli). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Běiyáng Arsenal (Tientsin) mint. Dated RY 26 of the Guāngxù Emperor (1900). “zào yáng běi • kù píng qī qián èr fēn •,” (Made in Běiyáng/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 / 26th YEAR OF KUANG HSÜ./• PEI YANG. •, flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 459; Kann 201; KM (Yeoman) 73. In NGC slab graded MS 62, toned with underlying luster.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.