Lot 6555

Dollar CD1903 (1898), Fengtien mint - variety with correct Manchu script (KM92.1, L&M482, Kann251) - Obv: Flying imperial dragon facing, coiled around fireball, legend around / Rev: Legend in Manchu script - 26.02 g. - NGC VF details (rev. spot removed, 8556186-002), always popular and difficult type in better states of preservation, thus this selection represents a somewhat more affordable opportunity to acquire an example of this scarce issue, the first struck following a four-year hiatus