407, Lot: 663. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Qīng dynasty. Dézōng (Guāngxù). AD 1875-1908. AR Yuán – Dollar (40mm, 26.57 g, 12h). Běiyáng Arsenal (Tientsin) mint. Dated RY 22 of the Guāngxù Emperor (AD 1903). Legend in Hànzì; mint in Manchu script / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball and surrounded by stylized clouds. L&M 462; Kann 205; KM (Y) 73.1. VF, toned.

Ex Künker 217 (9 October 2012), lot 3201; Künker 198 (30 September 2011), lot 9128.