Triton XIV, Lot: 1287. Estimate $300. Sold for $4000. 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 34 of the Guāngxù Emperor (1908). “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 / 34th YEAR OF KUANG HSÜ./• PEI YANG •, flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 465; Kann 208; KM (Yeoman) 73.2. In NGC slab graded MS 62, lustrous, a few light contact marks.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.