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Here you go. Ming Dynasty. Chong Zhen, the last Ming Emperor (1628-44). Hartill 20.355. Single running horse mint mark [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ikhshids of Samarkand: Urk-Wartramka. 675-696 AD. AE cash 6.44g. Ex Stephen Album. R. Ikhshids were the price lyrics title held by the Iranian...
Thanks TIF. I'm not an expert but just a collector who likes to collect this as a theme. Also to avoid the flood of fakes and risk of being...
Thanks.. The tai he could have been better.. But that's all I could find at the time. At least the association with that part of history and...
Ancientnoob. . I will be extremely surprised if you DIDN'T have at least one of these interesting pieces. Beautiful semirec'he specimen you have...
Thanks all..Dougsmit, excellent write up. I started with much cheaper coins due to lack of knowledge and fear of fakes. Later I progressed to...
Actually the term Turks are often misunderstood and can be confusing. These Xianbei or central Asian Turks were probably looking no different or...
Yup.. Also the Chinese had to make do with other expedient materials at times as well such as iron, lead and even paper.. Surprisingly, they were...
The Han Dynasty lasted from around 206 BC to 220 AD. The Han Dynasty was the first to release the highly significantwu zhu 五銖 coinage which was to...
No...thank you for the kind feedback..
Northern Wei (386-534) Northern Southern Dynasties Tai He Wu Zhu 太和五铢 Yong An Wu Zhu 永安五铢 The Northern Wei Dynasty was founded by a Turkic...
You can however make thousands of pendants from these... :D [ATTACH]
I totally agree and share your sentiments gxseries. Although I am admittedly partial towards Chinese coins, the astronomical prices of scarcer and...
My personal experience for instance were British Trade Dollars and Republic Junk Dollars. Although they were not exactly mint state but they were...
A dragon dollar enthusiast mentioned to me that these were pretty common and hardly worth a premium years ago before the Chinese economic boom....
Please read rule # 2 of this forum.. 2 – Personal attacks are not permitted. All Coin Talk members, young, old and in between, will treat all...
To set the record straight.. the Ming piece was ex-CNG. Classical Numismatic Group. I quote "the Ming Dynasty last Emperor coin was fake".. so now...
Gary.. I did not claim to be an expert. You are attempting to hold the mantle of "Expertise" on this. Your research is appreciated by others in...
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