Well.. I think most of us were around before unleaded gasoline became the standard...
Actually I don't really know how they were transacted or why lead.. I do know that tin has always been a dominant metal in South East Asia.. early...
That's a nice specimen. Being from Malaysia, getting my hands on good numismatic books is a nightmare. As I collect mostly Chinese Japanese coins...
Lead seems to be a pretty popular substitute metal for coinage across many cultures..
I believe it's a tin-lead Alloy heavier on lead. I did not do a metal composition test on it. But judging from its look it seemed like tthat and...
Tennaserim-Pegu lead coin. Stylized dragon motif. Circa 17th century. Very rare. More so in Intact condition. Heavy piece at approx 500g....
The article refers to silver pieces.. this is gold/electrum. .. anyways.. regardless of authenticity of otherwise, I will need to explore this...
Well.. I see your point in some cases. I apologize if I mistakenly associate Sanskrit as a script although I did come across some references that...
As you can see from the following sample extracts from a book by Dietrich Mahlo "The early coins of Myanmar (Burma)". Gold coins do exists around...
Gold issues exists for coins of these region. However, they are often of debased content. If you see a piece of high gold content or way below...
@Ancientnoob has a number of interesting specimens to share as well... I will post a few more other of this series soon
Here's an ancient Burmese Pyu Kingdom of Sriksetra. Full silver unit. Circa 7~9th century. A Bhadrapitha (a stylized garlanded Indian...
Actually @dougsmit , the last Chinese cash coins were cast... Min Guo Tong Bao (Issued in Yunnan province) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fujian Tong Bao....
@Ancientnoob is right. These were struck.. the Indian influence is strong on South East Asian coins of that time
Thanks:)
It's debased gold.. most likely electrum
Dvaravati Kingdom. Modern day Thailand. Circa 6~7th century AD. Buranaklod (an ancient auspicious Buddhist symbol of wealth in the form of water...
A good reference would be Hartill's Early Japanese Coins.[ATTACH]
Your guess was right. They are the Shin (new) Kanei Distinguishable by their last 2 strokes of the 寶。the last is a Minh Mang coin. Circa late 18...
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