CNG 87, Lot: 1565. 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 20 Cash (32mm, 14.40 g, 12h). Chéngdū (Ch’eng-tu) mint in Sìchuān (Szechuan) province. Struck 1903-1905. Reign title and type around central flower; provincial name above, denomination below; all in Hànzì; mint name to left and right in Manchu script / Flying imperial dragon, coiled inward; provincial name above, denomination below. KM (Y) 230. EF, red-brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection.