287, Lot: 555. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, temp. Qīng Dynasty. Yúnnán Province. Zhoubaoquan Bank. Circa 19th-early 20th centuries AD. AR 5 Tael Sycee. (62mm wide by 16mm high, 169.98 g). Yunnan sanchuo jieding (Yunnan three-stamp remittance ingot) type. Tong, She, Zhou, and Cheng, assayers. Zhou Bao Quan Hao Hui Hao Wen Yin (Zhoubaoquan Bank, remitance bank fine silver) in Hànzì within three rectangular cartouches; to right of center, Guan Gon Gu Tong Fu Sheng Kan (inspected by official public assayers Tong and She) in Hànzì, to left of center, Guan Gong Gu Zhou Chen Kan (inspected by official public assayers Zhou and Chen) in Hànzì. BMC Sycee 869. VF, toned.

Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 2023.