World Silver & Bronze (A - China)
Lot 2067 SESSION 7 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL) World Silver & Bronze (A - China)
Estimate $200
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SOLD $220
CHINA, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Wen Zong (1851-1861), 59mm, one thousand cash coin, Xi'an, Shaanxi Mint, "dang qian", with additional countermark 'guan' on rim at bottom, (Hartill 22.954 [5], Sch. -, TFP 2503); together with a large AE of Tianxia Taiping coin with reverse "Tian Xia Tai Ping" (Heaven below Great Peace [on earth]), (Hartill 26.3 for reverse. Very fine and very rare. (2)
The register of large cash says the last coin "were used for presentation in the Palace of Ancestral Worship".
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