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[[Image:Kiangnan 1898 5 cents obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers April 2021 Hong Kong sale, lot 53183]]
[[Image:Kiangnan 1898 5 cents rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

This specimen was lot 53183 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[China|CHINA]]. [[China, Kiangnan Province|Kiangnan]]. 3.6 Candareens (5 Cents), ND (1898). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. Circled Dragon type. A RARE issue, this example remains boldly detailed with soft gray color in the fields and deeper highlights around some of the peripheral designs. While appearing entirely original, a few inoffensive hairlines are observed when the character side is inspected under magnification, and account for the grade assigned by PCGS. 江南省造光緒元寶三分六釐銀幣。圈中龍。罕見版本，細節深邃，柔美的灰色底版，邊緣設計有深色包漿點綴。全原始品相，字面髮絲刮痕不顯眼，僅在放大鏡下才可見，因而獲此評分"</blockquote> A five cents without the circle around the dragon also exists ([[Kiangnan ND (1897) 5 cents Y-141a|Y-141a]]) and is slightly more available.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.35 g, 0.900 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' L&M-214b; K-70a; KM-Y141. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Kann, Eduard. ''Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1 of 3''. Bronx, NY: Ishi Press International, 2006.
* Lin Gwo Ming, ''Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition,'' Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The April 2021 Hong Kong Auction'', Costa Mesa, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Kiangnan ND (1897) 5 cents Y-141a|(1897) 5 cents, no circle around dragon]]
* [[Kiangnan ND (1897) 10 cents Y-142|(1897) 10 cents Y-142]]
* [[Kiangnan 1897 CD 20 cents Y-143|1897 CD 20 cents Y-143]]
* [[Kiangnan 1898 CD 10 cents Y-142a.1|(1898) 10 cents, no circle around dragon]] 
* [[Kiangnan (1898) 10 cents Y-142.1|(1898) 10 cents, circle around dragon]] 
* [[Kiangnan 1898 CD 20 cents Y-143a.1|(1898) 20 cents, small letters]]
* [[Kiangnan 1898 CD 20 cents Y-143a|(1898) 20 cents, large letters]]
* [[Kiangnan 1898 CD 1 dollar Y-145a.1|(1898) dollar, circlet-like scales on dragon]]
* [[Kiangnan (1898) dollar Y-145a.2|(1898) dollar, diamond scales on dragon]]
* [[Kiangnan 1898 CD 1 dollar Y-145a.18|(1898) dollar, "Wu Hsu" reversed]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1898]]

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