Rashidin Khan Khoja. Kucha mint. AD1864. Dungan Revolt. 1862-77 One of the bloodiest revolts in China's late-Qing dynasty. An uprising of Muslim...
Here's my only Marc Anthony. Legion XII Antiquae. Purchased from Rome itself..[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes.. in fact the best part to experience ancient culture is west of China. Beijing is new...
Nice Bukhara Kai Yuan. You are right, they don't pop up very often. As for Chinese fakes, it is often a case of provenance and personal opinion....
Having a book like hartill's help tremendously. I like how he accurately ranks each coins rarity as well. China is really amazing. Glad you liked...
Nice piece.. also an interesting variant where the both shoulders of the 元 point upwards..
@Black Friar . I share Scott's sentiment. The wear and patination looks legitimate and old as well as the overall dimensions. I believed he picked...
Thank you. To appreciate Chinese coins you need to know the history behind ew h coin as well as the calligraphy. Unlike western coins, they do not...
Thanks @stevex6 . They are by no means scarce or rare.. But it was the patina and larger size that caught my fancy. We Chinese call these type of...
Tang Dynasty China. 618-907 Kai Yuan Tong Bao. A scarcer large variant exceeding 26mm. Jade green and cobalt blue patina. The Tang Dynasty is...
Yeah.. these trade tokens employed western minting technology early. And it is interesting to see a common or mundane animal like a rooster on coins
Possibly. Some had sharp horns too.
I did try.. somehow oddly for this thread the option was not available. . Not sure why..
Thanks coin-bro
Haha.. I wished I even held a gun in my life before...
Since we are on the subject of animals, here's something from the area too. Although it is modern.. Singapore merchant trade tokens (Keping)....
Haha.. Yeah, need to dig back my pics for animal themed coins..
Urrgh.. I just realized autocorrect has screwed up my title.. "Pak Chee" not "Pakistan Chee".. But I can't edit and correct.. Don't know why.....
Thanks @stevex6 .. I have a poor collection of ancient Greek or Roman pieces.. best I can contribute is on coins from the other side of the world...
Absolutely. The porosity are results of air bubbles at the surface of the moulds during the cooling process when in contact with molten silver....
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