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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3271718, member: 83845&quot;]Hello again friends!&nbsp; I have one more bonus coin to show off before posting a few of my favorite coin books and wrapping up the thread with my &quot;top ten according to CT&quot; tomorrow!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Curtisimo&#039;s coins</b></span></font></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>That stick out like a sore thumb</b></u></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>All the coins in my collection have a few things in common, among which are: they are all circular in shape and I know at least a little bit about them.&nbsp; Well now I can say that these things are no longer true.&nbsp; Below is my new coin that is shaped like a spade and that I know almost nothing about!&nbsp; I intend to fix the later at some point and I am rather intrigued by the former.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]863049[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Xin Dynasty </font></p><p><font size="3">Emperor Wang Mang (7 - 23)</font></p><p><font size="3">Huo bu spade. </font></p><p><font size="3">Dim.: 57 mm x 22.5 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 16.09 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: HUO BU (“Money spade”).</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Blank, as made.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Hartill 9.30</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Sallent collection</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the reasons I purchased this coin was that [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] &#039;s fascinating thread gave me at least some context concerning Wang Mang.&nbsp; Pretty cools stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-inlaid-knife-coin-the-fascinating-story-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-wang-mang.315047/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-inlaid-knife-coin-the-fascinating-story-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-wang-mang.315047/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-inlaid-knife-coin-the-fascinating-story-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-wang-mang.315047/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This was also a cool purchase for me because I bought it from AMCC 1 and it came from the collection of a fellow CTer: [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">........................................................</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a mind to... please post your coins from 2018 that are most different from the rest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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