CNG 87, Lot: 1549. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-fêng). 1850-1861. Æ 20 Cash (45mm, 33.77 g, 12h). Fúzhōu mint in Fújiàn (Fukien) province. Cast circa 1853-1855. “xián fēng tōng bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo fu,” in Manchu script to left and right; “èr shí,” in Hànzì above and below. Hartill 22.781; Hartill, Qing 9.41. VF, dark brown surfaces, red highlights, some minor surface roughness.

From the HLT Collection.