QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (46.79g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.710, 53mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng tóng) color, likely a mu qian (mother coin) or yang qian (sample coin), a lovely quality example! VF-EF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-1971) was born in Silvberg, Säter, Dalarnas County, Sweden on July 30, 1884. He was a lawyer (advokat) and operated his own law firm in Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden. He was married to Märta Maria Pettersson and together they had one son, Svante Ullvius who was born on April 26, 1925. Karl was an avid collector and assembled a vast collection of antiquities and coins. After he died in 1971, his widow and son sold many coins to a local coin dealer in Helsingborg. This firm continued to purchase coins from his son Svante until the 1990s.
Estimate: USD 400 - 600