CNG 96, Lot: 1102. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Yuán dynasty. Shùn (Toghan-Temür). AD 1333-1368. Æ Wu Qian (80mm, 115.30 g, 12h). Jí'ān mint in Jiānxī province (?). Cast 1350-1368. Zhi Zheng Zhi Bao in Hànzì characters / Quan Chao Wu qian (Equivalent in paper money to five qian) in Hànzì characters. Hartill 19.124; Shanghai IV 139-40. VF, green patina, scrapes. Very rare.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.