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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jachin, post: 1248212, member: 28032&quot;]My friends uncle gave him some Chinese coins which he is not interested.&nbsp; He is offering the lot at $120.00.&nbsp; There is one particular coin that I am interested in - <font size="2">the Northern Song Dynasty coin with a flower (rosette) or star center hole. The website PRIMALTREK.COM says...</font></p><p><font size="2"></font>&nbsp; <i><font size="2">&quot;The coin is a <i>chong ning zhong bao</i> (崇宁重宝) cast in the years 1102-1106 during the reign of Emperor Hui Zong (1101-1125).</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">This is a &quot;10 cash&quot; coin which means its value was equivalent to ten cash coins.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">The traditional square hole is outlined by the inner border.&nbsp; Exactly in the middle of each of the four sides of the hole can be seen what would be the four corners of another &quot;square&quot;.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Please note that the inscription and the face of the coin show no signs of mold shifting during the casting and that there is no extra metal in the hole.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">The creation of the flower hole could only have been done manually and intentionally.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">The reverse side of the coin also clearly shows the same four corner points exactly in the middle of each side of the square hole which would delineate the second square.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">This well cast coin is 35 mm in diameter and weighs 9.48 grams.</font></i><font size="2"><i>&quot;</i></font></p><p><font size="2"><i><br /></i></font></p><p><font size="2"><i></i>I have come across a website CALGARYCOIN.COM where a far-worst similar coin was sold for $30.00. An almost 1k-year-old coin sold for that much only?! I have no idea what the other coins are but considering that Chinese coins are appreciating pretty fast, should I buy the coins?&nbsp; Also, are these coins for real?</font></p><p><font size="2">Your comments will be a great help.</font></p><p><font size="2">Thanks</font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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