CNG 87, Lot: 1551. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-feng). 1850-1861. Æ 10 Cash (36mm, 16.35 g, 12h). Wǔchāng mint in Húběi (Hupeh) province. Cast 1854-circa 1856. “xián fēng zhòng bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo u,” in Manchu script to left and right; “dāng shí,” in Hànzì above and below; inverted crescent to upper right. Hartill 22.858; Hartill Qing 15.68. VF.

From the HLT Collection.