CNG 87, Lot: 1550. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-feng). 1850-1861. Æ 10 Cash (34mm, 14.17 g, 12h). Gǒngchāng (Kongch’ang) mint in Gānsù (Kansu) province. Cast circa 1854-1861. “xián fēng zhòng bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo guang,” in Manchu script to left and right; “dāng shí,” in Hànzì above and below. Hartill 22.821; Hartill Qing 10.33. Near VF.

From the HLT Collection.