Weighed it. 3.83g.
You're welcome :)
Judging from the last 2 strokes of the 寶，yours would be a later Kanei. As for the variant I think it would be likely the Yoshidajima variant 4.181...
Yup.. looks like it. Although mine was appraised as a Shenlang Wu Zhu of the Jin 晋 Dynasty that succeeded the Han after the 3 kingdoms period. To...
Thanks @chrsmat71 . Actually you should check the reverse too to see the variant. Some have characters indicating mint which could also be pretty...
Yeah.. you're right. The trend seems to be there. I guess that was the case of over inflation in the market and wars leading to hoarding of...
For instance, note the evolution of the Wu Zhus from the western Han to the Sui below... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Actually weight for chinese cast coins is but a measurement for official standard.. Most cast cash except for the long lasting series such as Ban...
Cool!! You must be a history teacher @FitzNigel ... I'm impressed you knew of this poem/song... It's a Chinese classic and a touching love story....
Looking forward to it buddy ;)
Hey @chrisild . Please feel free to move postings anywhere you feel fitting so that we keep the discussions clean. ;) I am not so experienced in...
Thanks... Will put up more across the various side series too :)
Thanks for the move. Appreciate it..
Haha.. Thanks @stevex6 ... Mine is so-so.. Only very few up the Hartill scale. Being Chinese, I am slightly partial to this series as a tribute to...
Sadly oriental far east coins don't have much of a tradition of pictures except for the charms. .. Kuan 寛 means widely, broadly, vast. Yong 永...
I did not take it out of the original flip I got from the seller. But with the flip it's 6.8g. Minus the average weight of an equivalent flip of...
Tokugawa Shogunate. Japan. Kanei Tsuho. 寛永通寶。In silver. Circa 17-19th century. Kanei Tsuho were introduced by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who...
Hahaha... thanks @stevex6 ...you can go ahead and bid buddy.. I'm slowing down on my Chinese cash coins at the moment. . But still on the lookout...
You're most welcome. The more we can expand our knowledge base the better.. just as much as I enjoy the historical write ups on other cultures.. :)
Shi Siming 史思明 758-761 De Yi Yuan Bao 得壹元寳 Hartill 14.141. Ex Teutoburger. Very scarce. The reign of Emperor Xuan Zong 玄宗 of the Tang Dynasty...
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