CNG 87, Lot: 1559. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xiánfēng (Hsien-fêng). 1850-1861. Æ 100 Cash (58mm, 75.97 g, 12h). Xī’ān mint in Shǎnxī (Shensi) province. Cast circa 1854-1855. “xián fēng yuán bǎo,” in Hànzì / “boo shan,” in Manchu script to left and right; “dàng bǎi” in Hànzì above and below. Hartill 22.959; Hartill Qing 22.46. Good VF, light yellow-brown surfaces, minor roughness.

From the HLT Collection.