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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1750916, member: 19463&quot;]Another cash question that confuses me: These two coins both appear to match Hartill 18.40 on the obverse (Zheng Long, 1158-61 AD) but the upper coin is missing the reverse rims. The upper coin weighs 2.49g which seems about what would remain from the 3.71g lower coin if you filed off the reverse. I do not see file marks and the crusty patch suggests that the filing was done long ago if this is the situation. (Does anyone who like to find shapes in clouds see a giraffe standing on his hind legs here?) Hartill mentions that copper was in short supply when these were new so scavenging copper from coins would seem consistent. What am I missing about these coins?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]275330[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]275331[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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