Triton XIX, Lot: 2282. Estimate $10000. Sold for $60000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Qīng dynasty. temp. Dézōng (Guāngxù). AD 1875-1908. AV 2 Qián – 2 Mace (23mm, 7.26 g, 1h). Xīnjiāng province. Díhuà (Ürümqi) mint. Struck 1907, under the command of Wang Shunan, Assistant Governor of Xīnjiāng. Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward / Legend in Hànzì characters. L&M 1050; Kann 1507; KM (Y) 9.1; Xinjiang 412; Friedberg 7b. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1986.