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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes Prev   Next 10-24-2009, 05:12 PM   #1 (permalink) Ardatirion FVTVE FATVM     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 2,667 My Mood: Early Chinese spade money I just got this one in the mail. I paid more than I have for ANY Chinese coin! (Only $30.00, lol) These are very tough, many many counterfeits. But this ones from an old collection and a trusted dealer, so I'm okay with it. State of Zhao, Lin mint 350-250 BC AE Spade money – 27mm x 45mm Hartill 3.331 Ex C. B. Dodge Collection From the "dark ages" of Chinese history, after the fall of the Zhou Kingdom, and before the first true emperor. China was divided between a number of small, feudal kingdoms almost analogous to the warlords of the 1920's and 30's. Zhao was, for a time, one of the most powerful of these feudal states. On the northern border, they rose to this power after adopting the military technology and tactics of the barbarian Xiongnu. These spade coins circulated alongside knife coins and early circular cash. __________________ My Ancient Coin Collection   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « 1895 Yen Crown Pickup in Tokyo | 1936 DOT Cent up for auction at HERITAGE » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Trivia - Ring Money Clinker Coin Chat 0 02-21-2007 10:20 AM What is Money? mmarotta US Coins Forum 15 07-03-2004 08:32 AM International Paper Money Marotta Paper Money 15 04-30-2004 09:25 AM Paper Money Marotta World & Ancient Coins 15 04-30-2004 09:25 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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