Triton XIV, Lot: 1293. Estimate $4000. Sold for $28000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Provincial. Dōngsān (Northeast China/Manchuria). AR 7 Mace 2 Candareens – Dollar. Imperial Dragon type. Fèngtiān Arsenal mint. Dated RY 33 of the Guāngxù Emperor (1907). “zào shěng sān dōng • kù píng qī qián èr fēn •,” (Made in Dōngsān 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 / 33RD YEAR OF KUANG HSU/• MANCHURIAN PROVINCES •, flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 487; Kann 255; KM (Yeoman) 212. In NGC slab graded AU 58, toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.