Ex Ching & Lockhart Collections

339, Lot: 556. Estimate $100. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Míng dynasty. Tàizŭ. AD 1368-1398. Æ 5 Wén (38mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Hong Wu Tong Bao in kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters / Wu in kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters. Hartill 20.98; Lockhart 1057 (this coin). VF, brown patina.

From the HLT Collection. Ex R.E. Stadt Collection, 8505; Daniel K.E. Ching Collection (Scott Semans, 2 June 1991), lot 389; Spink-Taisei 7 (2 July 1989), lot 557 (part of); James H. Stewart Lockhart Collection, no. 1057.