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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2017623, member: 19463"]There have been a lot of the Wang Mang hou quan on the market lately. Frank Robinson was selling them in multiples but I don't recall the details. I gave away some as prizes at school last year. Rules seem to differ regarding cleaning cash and you see a lot of different colors. We each will decide what surfaces we prefer. I see at least a dozen warnings of bronze disease on this list for every coin I actually see that has it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sufficiently into cash to appreciate the differences between some of the varieties. For example, do you see any difference worth noting on the two below? I don't. There are several differences in shapes of certain elements that make a difference to some collectors. Note the leg lengths on the bottom of the left character, the top bar on the T in the middle of the left character and the tail on the top 'u' on the right. I have never figured out how to tell why such little things are cataloged on one issue and ignored on another. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]364494[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2017623, member: 19463"]There have been a lot of the Wang Mang hou quan on the market lately. Frank Robinson was selling them in multiples but I don't recall the details. I gave away some as prizes at school last year. Rules seem to differ regarding cleaning cash and you see a lot of different colors. We each will decide what surfaces we prefer. I see at least a dozen warnings of bronze disease on this list for every coin I actually see that has it. I am not sufficiently into cash to appreciate the differences between some of the varieties. For example, do you see any difference worth noting on the two below? I don't. There are several differences in shapes of certain elements that make a difference to some collectors. Note the leg lengths on the bottom of the left character, the top bar on the T in the middle of the left character and the tail on the top 'u' on the right. I have never figured out how to tell why such little things are cataloged on one issue and ignored on another. [ATTACH=full]364494[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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