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<p>[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3790532, member: 87271"]It was very nice meeting you here, [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER] ! We had a lovely talk during lunch and it was a pleasure conversing with you. I was surprised to see you bid on these Chinese coins during the auction, but I am glad you did! It is a very rewarding area, even though at first glance it indeed might seem somewhat repetitive. Especially that biscuit is quite a beauty. [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] has an even thicker example to show. But the rest of the coins from the auction, also the ones you have not shown yet, are all great and, not unimportantly, genuine coins. You outbid me on that Da Yuan coin (don’t worry, I already have an example of the type <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), but besides that I got the feeling that the two of us were the only ones bidding on the Chinese coins; some true bargains could be had! But do be careful with those Chinese washers. Once you start, it becomes addictive quite quickly!</p><p><br /></p><p>And to keep this legal; a couple of my Chinese wins from the ONS auction. I made some bids while simultaneously handing out the other coins to the winning bidders. Quite chaotic! Haven’t had the time yet to properly photograph them, so I am using the pictures of the ONS.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012587[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>State of Zhao, <i>Pingyang</i> 平 陽, Square foot spade (350-221 BC). Don’t you just love that crisp light green patina, especially with those azure and salmon-red highlights? I for one sure do! Kind of surprised I got this for under the (already extremely low) estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012584[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Two Tang dynasty coins. While Tang is far from my speciality within Chinese cast coinage, I absolutely adore the story behind these coins. They were cast in Qiuci (modern day Xinjiang, the most westward area Tang China expanded in) by the local governor after being cut of from the rest of Tang China because of the Tibetan invasion. Traditional Tang coinage consisted mostly of the <i>Kai Yuan Tong Bao</i> coinage, without the current reign-title (<i>Nianhao</i>) on the coin. These do, perhaps as a manner of setting them apart from the regular Kai Yuan coinage in the administration, show the reign title! The first is a <i>Da Li Tong Bao</i> 大曆元寶 (766-779 AD), the second a <i>Jian</i> <i>Zhong Tong Bao</i> 建中通寶 (780-783 AD). And to my great surprise, these went uncontested on auction, so I got them ridiculously cheap! And just for fun, my favourite Chinese coins ever (didn’t get these from an ONS auction I am afraid):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While we’re at it: I also want to thank [USER=16466]@altaycoins[/USER] for the fantastic lecture at the beginning of the morning! A great pleasure finally seeing you face-to-face! Any other members here that I forgot?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3790532, member: 87271"]It was very nice meeting you here, [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER] ! We had a lovely talk during lunch and it was a pleasure conversing with you. I was surprised to see you bid on these Chinese coins during the auction, but I am glad you did! It is a very rewarding area, even though at first glance it indeed might seem somewhat repetitive. Especially that biscuit is quite a beauty. [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] has an even thicker example to show. But the rest of the coins from the auction, also the ones you have not shown yet, are all great and, not unimportantly, genuine coins. You outbid me on that Da Yuan coin (don’t worry, I already have an example of the type ;)), but besides that I got the feeling that the two of us were the only ones bidding on the Chinese coins; some true bargains could be had! But do be careful with those Chinese washers. Once you start, it becomes addictive quite quickly! And to keep this legal; a couple of my Chinese wins from the ONS auction. I made some bids while simultaneously handing out the other coins to the winning bidders. Quite chaotic! Haven’t had the time yet to properly photograph them, so I am using the pictures of the ONS. [ATTACH=full]1012587[/ATTACH] State of Zhao, [I]Pingyang[/I] 平 陽, Square foot spade (350-221 BC). Don’t you just love that crisp light green patina, especially with those azure and salmon-red highlights? I for one sure do! Kind of surprised I got this for under the (already extremely low) estimate. [ATTACH=full]1012584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1012585[/ATTACH] Two Tang dynasty coins. While Tang is far from my speciality within Chinese cast coinage, I absolutely adore the story behind these coins. They were cast in Qiuci (modern day Xinjiang, the most westward area Tang China expanded in) by the local governor after being cut of from the rest of Tang China because of the Tibetan invasion. Traditional Tang coinage consisted mostly of the [I]Kai Yuan Tong Bao[/I] coinage, without the current reign-title ([I]Nianhao[/I]) on the coin. These do, perhaps as a manner of setting them apart from the regular Kai Yuan coinage in the administration, show the reign title! The first is a [I]Da Li Tong Bao[/I] 大曆元寶 (766-779 AD), the second a [I]Jian[/I] [I]Zhong Tong Bao[/I] 建中通寶 (780-783 AD). And to my great surprise, these went uncontested on auction, so I got them ridiculously cheap! And just for fun, my favourite Chinese coins ever (didn’t get these from an ONS auction I am afraid): [ATTACH=full]1012569[/ATTACH] While we’re at it: I also want to thank [USER=16466]@altaycoins[/USER] for the fantastic lecture at the beginning of the morning! A great pleasure finally seeing you face-to-face! Any other members here that I forgot?[/QUOTE]
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