CNG 87, Lot: 1555. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-fêng). 1850-1861. Æ 100 Cash (58mm, 49.33 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 Fine, yellow-brown surfaces, some roughness.

From the HLT Collection.