I got this coin from a coin show and forgot about it for a while. I believe it is a Yaun dynasty 10 cash coin from 1310. Does it look authentic to you all?
Yes, Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wu Zong, 1308 - 1311 AD. 10 Cash coin, the obverse reads Da Yuan Tong Bao in Mongol script (see Hartill 19.46). Neat type, and a nice example.
Here is mine with the corresponding Phags Pa legend: Imperial China, Yuan Dynasty: Emperor Wu Zong 10 Cash, 1310-1311 (Hartill-19.46) Obv: Ta Üen tung baw in Phags-Pa (ꡈꡝ ꡝꡦꡦꡋ ꡉꡟꡃ ꡎꡓ) = 大元通寶 Da Yuan tong bao Rev: Blank Note: Phags-Pa is written top-down and hence the whole inscription needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise. To mimic this behavior, Unicode encodes the letters rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Finally, the inscription on the coin is read top, bottom, left and then right...
I also have this coin. It is thinner and is a tad bigger. Do you know what it is exactly? The bottom character is different, the other 3 characters are the same
Rummaging through Hartill produces no matches unfortunately. Here is the Phags-Pa alphabet as per Hartill
Depends. The problem here is that the Mongolian cash coins are quite popular and hence the price goes up by demand and condition. I have seen them for about $20 and upwards, if the condition is good. I bought mine for about $40 or $50... See https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PA...R_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1 which seems a bit too much.
I hear all the time how a coin should be $xxx, but in reality it is $zzz. These currently go for between $100 and $150. If anyone can find them cheaper let me know and I will buy them for resale.
Honestly, I don't like either as legit (meaning minted by a government mint for circulation). The color is not right and the characters seem off.
