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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2685312, member: 81887&quot;]I&#039;ve got a few ideas, maybe enough to help a bit.&nbsp; First, it will be easier if you arrange the coins so they can be easily read.&nbsp; If we number the coins (starting at top left) 1,2,3 then second row 4,5,6 etc.:&nbsp; Coins 1,2,3,4,5,7, and 9 should be rotated to the left by 90 degrees, coin 6 to the right 90 degrees, and 8 to the right by 45 degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2 is written in Chinese seal script, and coins 1 and 3 are either running hand script or grass script (I have trouble telling them apart).&nbsp; I could probably figure them out given a bit more time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins 6 and 7 are identical (at least in inscription), they are from the Mongol emperor Wu Zong or Khaishan (1308-1311), inscription is Da Yaun Tong Bao written in Phagspa (Mongolian) script.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 5 is the reverse of a late Qing dynasty coin, 19th or early 20th century.&nbsp; It gives the mintmark (Board of Revenue in Beijing) in Manchu script, and the value 10 in standard Chinese.&nbsp; The other side should give the emperor&#039;s name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 8 is from the emperor Xian Feng (1851-1861).&nbsp; There were a lot of unusual coins in his reign, due to the economic disruption of the Taiping Rebellion.&nbsp; This one is unusually coppery in composition, and the inscription says &quot;Yuan Bao&quot; (first or original coin) rather than the more usual Tong Bao (current coin).&nbsp; Please show the other side, which should list the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 9 is weird.&nbsp; The hole is circular (rather than the usual square) and the inscription is very odd for a Chinese coin, although the characters seem to be standard Chinese script.&nbsp; I only recognize the top character, Tian (heaven).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that&#039;s what I have right now.&nbsp; Maybe I can come up with more later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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