256, Lot: 573. Estimate $75. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Empire. Qīng (Ch’ing) Dynasty. Xuāntǒng (Hsüan-T’ung). 1908-1912. CU 20 Cash (33mm, 11.06 g, 12h). Tiānjīn Central (Tientsin) mint. Dated CY 6-10 (1909). Restrike in Manchuria, circa 1922. Legend in Hànzì / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball. KM (Y) 21.3. EF, dark chocolate surfaces with underlying red.

From the HLT Collection.