CNG 87, Lot: 1564. Estimate $200. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Guāngxù (Kuang-Hsü). 1874-1908. CU 10 Cash (28mm, 7.05 g, 12h). Fúzhōu (Foochow) mint in Fújiàn (Fukien) province. Struck 1901-1905. Legend in Hànzì around central legend in Manchu script; rosette to outer left and right / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball; rosette to outer left and right. KM (Y) 100.2. UNC, attractive dark brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection.