CNG 87, Lot: 1554. Estimate $100. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-fêng). 1850-1861. Æ 100 Cash (62mm, 60.86 g, 12h). Sūzhōu mint in Jiāngsū (Kiangsu) province. Cast circa 1854-1855. “xián fēng yuán bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo su,” in Manchu script to left and right; “dàng bǎi,” in Hànzì above and below. Hartill 22.914; Hartill, Qing 17.120. Good VF, light brown surfaces, some filing marks.

From the HLT Collection.