CNG 87, Lot: 1557. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-fêng). 1850-1861. Æ 50 Cash (51mm, 37.63 g, 12h). Nánchāng mint in Jiāngxī (Kiangsi) province. Cast circa 1855-1860. “xián fēng zhòng bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo chang,” in Manchu script to left and right; “dàng wǔshí” in Hànzì above and below. Hartill 22.931; Hartill Qing 18.26. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness, a few deposits.

From the HLT Collection.