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‘Long-Whiskered Dragon’ Dollar Flies to $690,000, Bringing the Heat to $9.7 Million HKINF World Coins Platinum Event

A Hsüan-t’ung silver Specimen Pattern “Long-Whiskered Dragon” Dollar Year 3 (1911) SP63 NGC sold for $690,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ HKINF World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - Hong Kong to $9,675,525 June 21-23.

The result followed the June 20 HKINF World Paper Money Signature® Auction - Hong Kong auction that finished at $1,503,400, bringing the combined total for the two events, each of which included multiple new records,

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