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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3092047, member: 78244&quot;]I figured you all might find at least a little interest in a couple scarce errors in ancient Chinese Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one on the left is a Ban Liang with the characters reversed. This is called a “Chuan Xing” error. These results when the characters are rougly symmetric, and the mould engraver accidentally engraved the inscription into the mould as it was supposed to look on the coin. This would produce a reversed image the image on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second resulted from moulds being put together incorrectly. This particular Huo Quan (I can tell from the fabric) mas made with two reverses, making an entirely blank coin. The opposite is a coin with two obverses, but I have yet to acquire one due to cost (more like not feeling like spending the money to acquire one with more-interesting coins available).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780429[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are examples of what normal coins are supposed to look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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