I bought a whole bunch of counterfeits directly from China as placeholders in my album. Cost me very little and makes looking at the empty holes...
Look at the areas around the stars, in front and behind the bust, and above the eagle. You can see a halo effect caused by the wearing away of luster.
I like the first one better. However, I would wait for a more-appealing example than the ones posted here. The second coin is as low of AU as you...
Technically EF-40+ details with a harsh cleaning/polishing, I could see NGC bumping it up to AU details. They do that all of the time with details...
AU-58. Most of the field luster is gone, but the details are still very sharp.
EAC AU-50 PCGS AU-58
PF-62/63 or so. Not a huge fan of the toning, though. It may have a cameo designation.
Tapered planchet error?
Yup. War will do it. I forgot about that.
There really isn't a good way to judge the absolute rarity of Ancient Chinese, so I have to go with relative availibility. Ancient Chinese Qi...
Is there a reason for the poor craftmanship of this coin? Northern Song coins are typically of very high quality, but this one looks like the...
@Alegandron It is 5mm in diameter, but I do not have an accurate weight on it yet. It registered as 0.0g on a scale accurate to 0.1g.
During the transition from Qin to Han, the general public (or more like specific individuals that were able to secure permission from the...
This is exactly what happened. They were not intentionally made at first. However, the coins with the "flower holes" were more highly-prized for...
As the title suggests, I recently acquired this early Ban Liang from Bob Reis. It is 35mm in diameter and weighs over 7g, meaning it was likely...
If you want to be really technical, the Qin Empire lasted from 221 BC to 206 BC. Since Alegandron's coin weighs just under 6g, I feel that his...
Interesting. Circled coin is a Wu Zhu. Unless the ancient Chinese also invented time travel, I can't see how this can date before the han...
That coin tree dates at least 100 years after the coin I posted. In the last picture, you can see that one of the "coins" carries an inscription...
I'm thinking AU-55. The eye appeal is pretty shot.
These are all my excess ant-nose coins. I am trying to sell these at reasonable prices so all interested parties are able to get one or more for...
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