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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2425762, member: 78244&quot;]I bought this several years ago from a Chinese dealer whom I trust. There were two pieces of the mould in the lot, and this was the better of the two. I sold the worse one for double what I paid for the pair. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This mould is one of the earlier ones from the Western Han dynasty, based on the shape of the characters. The coins produced from this mould would be attributed as H-8.9, which date to ca 90 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the main channel where the bronze would flow and how it would branch out into the spaces occupied by the impressions of the coins. When the bronze cooled, the two mould halves would be removed to reveal a wu zhu coin tree.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had the entire mould, there would be an inscription that would give the current ruler and the year of his reign, effectively giving a specific date to the mould. Unfortunately, that is not the case here, so Hartill&#039;s estimate is as good as mine.[ATTACH=full]503356[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]503357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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