Here are the two knife coins produced by Wang Mang, as well as a larger Da Quan Wu Shi (weighs 7.8g if I remember correctly). The two knife coins...
Gut said VF-35
Lot of really cool coins in this thread!
Thank you. I have some reading material ahead of me. :)
The hourglass Wu is the seal script version. The normal version has stayed the same for amout the same amount of time.
Is it the essay by Robert Tye? If not, I am interested in reading it as I do not know about it.
If you don't mind, I'm going to add a little info here. The denominations (in number of Wu Zhu, so multiply by 5 to get true value) produced...
It's actually worth 50 Wu Zhu, or 250 Zhu, which was about 25 times its original intrinsic value. That's how blatantly inflated Wang Mang's...
Or "Great Coin Value 50" Top Character: "Da" or "Big/Large/Great" Bottom Character: "Quan" or "Coin/Money" Right Character: "Wu" or "5" Left...
I have several Chinese coins (most of mine) that were from hoards. I will have to upload pictures at a later date.
Since no one liked my original answer, I will try to get to something a little more specific. Answering this question is very hard. I am an...
If I can imagine that I have $100 to throw at coins just sitting in my pocket, then I can imagine time travel, because both don't exist... ...YET!
Your collection has character. Each piece tells a story.
My only sestertius. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I would buy a bunch of silver certificates, go back in time, buy a bunch of Morgans for face. Then I would go further back in time to buy rarities...
Both are fake. On the 1879, you can see where they changed the date of the die by scrubbing the old one off.
That first one. 1820 Draped Bust Half Dime. Huh???????
This thread is 8 years old. Could you start your own thread next time? Anyway, you are taking the wrong approach to IDing a proof Indian Cent....
I was going to make that qualification earlier, but I did not want to seem like an arrogant bastard in saying so (not saying you are). I was at...
Struck. Most of the fakes coming out of China are struck. They really aren't casting them anymore.
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