Hi.. indeed the Arabic series look pretty different. O cant read it but basing it on overall make and other factors.. Perhaps you are right...
It’s true.. the real ones are fetching more than a hundred bucks these days.. the noveou rich Chinese collectors are really pushing the prices up...
Some of mine [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is real.. Tsewang Rabtan. Great condition for type as well.. these are getting much scarcer and pricier now
You and I have much in common then. I wrote a couple of posts on silk road coins primarily on the ancient coins forum. Sinkiang coins are one of...
You made the right choice and a great bargain my friend
Wished Incould read the Arabic inscriptions
@Muzyck Fantastic pieces.. You have both the Turkestan and Uighuristan types as well.. I'm jealous
Thanks @Finn235 .. same here.. these ephemeral states are also one of my favourite themes.. How many came and go lost in history.. if not for this...
Found this unusual coin from a dealer years ago. Came recently to realise it was a short lived Eastern Turkestan 20 cash issued when Xinjiang...
Thanks @TIF .. Took me almost a decade
Thanks.. Getting the next 3 is a possibility in the distant future.. But the last one in the middle would probably be the breaker. Because of cost...
@Finn235 Thanks.. I have written a featured article here on the 12 sometime back. I have been hunting for the 12 for years.. I doubt I can finish...
The last of the 12 Antique Coins. Kengen Taiho 乾元大寶。(958). Hartill 1.70. Extremely Rare* [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The quality of these issues were...
my personal advice is to avoid issues from places like Tuvalu, Nieu Solomon Islands and all these Micronesia countries. They regularly come out...
Here is another. Silver hook larin from Ceylon [ATTACH]
Very nice! These are old Thai gambling tokens. very collectible and pretty
Northern Thai. Lanna Thai tok money. pig snout silver billon money[ATTACH]
You're absolutely right. Which is why some research needed. Some looks so different that they are called canoe money.
You can try posting in some Facebook groups for identification. group lots like these are hard to find rare coins most of the time
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