Really late to this thread, but I believe this is a seal (or chop) used to authentic documents. Still used in China today.
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Apparently another theory I've been recently informed of, is that these were less mistakes, and more on purpose as a sort of pseudo-mintmark. Now...
These are the very next coins I hunted down after getting my Northern Wei :). Great minds think alike.
This is a perfect answer! Thanks so much for your knowledge, I feel relieved, and it's knowledge like this that made me join here!
We all cope with the self-isolation in different ways, mine has been obsessing over cast coins again. I've been filling out my collection, trying...
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Nebraska recently replaced their Capitol statute (each state is allowed to have two representative statutes in at the Capitol in DC), which was...
Thanks! Do you guys have the Hartill, Chinese Cast Coins book? I know that it's basically a beginner book (and for more specialized coins it might...
[ATTACH] I had been waiting to post on these forums for a while, but since I was away from home, I had no real goodies to share until now. This...
A VG Fugio for 200? Is that common to actually find? I'm a huge revolutionary war history buff, as well as, a recent law school graduate, this...
Beautiful coin, I've always been partial to the fleur de lis! Any idea why there's that tiny duck on the front?
Optimistically, maybe he found a better piece and decided to let this one out into the wild for other collectors!
Someone call Tom Massie, we're gonna need a record vote on this, a voice vote will not do!
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