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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3927504, member: 78244"]I have been pursuing a complete set of Ant-nose coins for several years now, which is a very difficult task as some types are known only in the dozens or even single digits and show up sporadically at best. For those who don’t know, “Ant-Nose” coins are so named because the two most common types resemble a face with a giant nose (top left) and an ant (second row, second from right). Ironically, the inscriptions of the most common coins have not been deciphered yet, though I am currently working on deciphering them (and I believe I have a very good idea). Most of the rarer specimens are clear as to what their inscriptions mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are identified, in order of left-to-right, top-to-bottom:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. “Nose” coin, normal size</p><p>2. “Nose” coin, large size (rare)</p><p>3. “Nose” coin, small size</p><p>4. “Nose” coin with a single bar over the inscription </p><p>5. “Nose” coin with two bars over the inscription (scarce)</p><p>6. “Nose” coin with a bar dividing the inscription below the “eyes” (very rare)</p><p>7. “Ant” coin. All published decipherments of this coin are incorrect. My decipherment will be published at a later date.</p><p>8. “Jun” or “nobleman”</p><p>9. Typically read as “Tao” or “Kiln”, but this is not correct. I have a good idea about the decipherment of this coin to be published at a later date. (Very rare, and was the last addition to this set thanks to [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] )</p><p>10. “Jin”, which was a weight unit of the Chu state. (Very rare)</p><p>11. “Jin”, which was the weight unit of neighboring states, possibly used in trade (rare)</p><p>12. “Xing”, or “crossroads” (scarce)</p><p>13. This one is published as possibly “yong”, but I disagree. I do not have a good idea what it could be. (This one is so prohibitively rare such that nearly all collectors will never be able to complete the set, regardless of funding).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1035254[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3927504, member: 78244"]I have been pursuing a complete set of Ant-nose coins for several years now, which is a very difficult task as some types are known only in the dozens or even single digits and show up sporadically at best. For those who don’t know, “Ant-Nose” coins are so named because the two most common types resemble a face with a giant nose (top left) and an ant (second row, second from right). Ironically, the inscriptions of the most common coins have not been deciphered yet, though I am currently working on deciphering them (and I believe I have a very good idea). Most of the rarer specimens are clear as to what their inscriptions mean. They are identified, in order of left-to-right, top-to-bottom: 1. “Nose” coin, normal size 2. “Nose” coin, large size (rare) 3. “Nose” coin, small size 4. “Nose” coin with a single bar over the inscription 5. “Nose” coin with two bars over the inscription (scarce) 6. “Nose” coin with a bar dividing the inscription below the “eyes” (very rare) 7. “Ant” coin. All published decipherments of this coin are incorrect. My decipherment will be published at a later date. 8. “Jun” or “nobleman” 9. Typically read as “Tao” or “Kiln”, but this is not correct. I have a good idea about the decipherment of this coin to be published at a later date. (Very rare, and was the last addition to this set thanks to [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] ) 10. “Jin”, which was a weight unit of the Chu state. (Very rare) 11. “Jin”, which was the weight unit of neighboring states, possibly used in trade (rare) 12. “Xing”, or “crossroads” (scarce) 13. This one is published as possibly “yong”, but I disagree. I do not have a good idea what it could be. (This one is so prohibitively rare such that nearly all collectors will never be able to complete the set, regardless of funding). [ATTACH=full]1035254[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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