374, Lot: 680. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Zhōnghuá Mínguó (Republic of China). Provincial issues. 1912-1949. AR 3 Mace 6 Candareens – 50 Cents (33.5mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Yúnnán province. Yúnnánfǔ mint. Posthumous issue in the name of Dézōng (Guāngxù), struck 1911. Bao yuan guang xu in Hànzì characters, similar legend in Manchu within; rosettes flanking; additional Hànzì legend around / Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled leftward around flaming pearl; rosettes flanking. L&M 422; Kann 170b; KM (Y) 257. Good VF, usual weak strike.