CNG 87, Lot: 1566. Estimate $150. Sold for $1600. 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, 11.26 g, 12h). Tiānjīn Central (Tientsin) mint. Dated CY 10-12 (1909). Legend in Hànzì; cyclical date to outer right and left / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around fireball. KM (Y) 21.1. UNC, attractive red-brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection.