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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3790310, member: 74834"]At the auction of the Oriental Numismatic Society (yesterday), a new avenue opened up for me. I had my attention fixed on several nice and attractive coins (Sasanian and Arab-Sasanian, Artuqid, Mongol and such), but there was a section on old Chinese coins too, and attractive Chinese cash coins of 2000 years old were going for only $15 or $20. The very first, an impressive thick piece from 7-23 AD, I bought for 14$, the price of a few beers! In fact I don't know about prices. But the coins look so attractive for so little money...</p><p><br /></p><p>I restrained myself in the past because I’m not at all knowledgeable, while there are many fakes around. But the <a href="http://orientalnumismaticsociety.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://orientalnumismaticsociety.org/" rel="nofollow">O.N.S.</a> (old-fashioned website) is a serious society counting many renowned experts under its members, several of whom looked at the coins with their own eyes, and on the website (Zeno). I've been a member for ages. So I think I’m as safe as may be hoped for in this. In all I bought eight Chinese coins (not counting a 1909 Kiautschou coin - because of its historical interest, which was a mistake by overenthusiasm).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the first that I incorporated in my system today. It maybe was the word ‘biscuit’ in the description that first attracted my interest (two minutes before the actual auction) and then I decided on the spot that I was going to buy a few Chinese cash coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012428[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>China. Xin Dynasty, heavy Huo Quan coin, AD 7-23<b>. </b>Xin Dynasty, A very thick (併 bing) and heavy Huo Quan coin (13.23 g.). Obv.: 貨 泉 Huo Quan. Rev. Rims only. 26 mm. 13.28 gr. Zeno 213674. Hartill 9.60. <i>The background of these "biscuit" Huo Quans is unknown. </i></p><p>It doesn't look like a biscuit though, wrong color and all. But it's quite thick.</p><p>This one is more like a classical Chinese cash coin:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1012431[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>China, Xin Dynasty, Wang Mang's interregnum, 新AD 9-14, Da Quan Wu Shi (6.11 g.), value 50. Rev. Rims only. 27.5 mm, 6.14 g. Zeno 221539. Hartill 9.1.</p><p>And isn't this a beauty, from the middle of the emperor Lingdi's reign (and Commodus's, for your perspective):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>China. Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Lingdi (AD 186). Si Chu (four corners) Wu Zhu with four lines on the reverse. 25 mm, 4.04 gr. Zeno 228589. Hartill 10.3; FD 512.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3790310, member: 74834"]At the auction of the Oriental Numismatic Society (yesterday), a new avenue opened up for me. I had my attention fixed on several nice and attractive coins (Sasanian and Arab-Sasanian, Artuqid, Mongol and such), but there was a section on old Chinese coins too, and attractive Chinese cash coins of 2000 years old were going for only $15 or $20. The very first, an impressive thick piece from 7-23 AD, I bought for 14$, the price of a few beers! In fact I don't know about prices. But the coins look so attractive for so little money... I restrained myself in the past because I’m not at all knowledgeable, while there are many fakes around. But the [URL='http://orientalnumismaticsociety.org/']O.N.S.[/URL] (old-fashioned website) is a serious society counting many renowned experts under its members, several of whom looked at the coins with their own eyes, and on the website (Zeno). I've been a member for ages. So I think I’m as safe as may be hoped for in this. In all I bought eight Chinese coins (not counting a 1909 Kiautschou coin - because of its historical interest, which was a mistake by overenthusiasm). Here are the first that I incorporated in my system today. It maybe was the word ‘biscuit’ in the description that first attracted my interest (two minutes before the actual auction) and then I decided on the spot that I was going to buy a few Chinese cash coins. [ATTACH=full]1012428[/ATTACH] China. Xin Dynasty, heavy Huo Quan coin, AD 7-23[B]. [/B]Xin Dynasty, A very thick (併 bing) and heavy Huo Quan coin (13.23 g.). Obv.: 貨 泉 Huo Quan. Rev. Rims only. 26 mm. 13.28 gr. Zeno 213674. Hartill 9.60. [I]The background of these "biscuit" Huo Quans is unknown. [/I] It doesn't look like a biscuit though, wrong color and all. But it's quite thick. This one is more like a classical Chinese cash coin: [I] [ATTACH=full]1012431[/ATTACH] [/I] China, Xin Dynasty, Wang Mang's interregnum, 新AD 9-14, Da Quan Wu Shi (6.11 g.), value 50. Rev. Rims only. 27.5 mm, 6.14 g. Zeno 221539. Hartill 9.1. And isn't this a beauty, from the middle of the emperor Lingdi's reign (and Commodus's, for your perspective): [ATTACH=full]1012474[/ATTACH] China. Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Lingdi (AD 186). Si Chu (four corners) Wu Zhu with four lines on the reverse. 25 mm, 4.04 gr. Zeno 228589. Hartill 10.3; FD 512.[/QUOTE]
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