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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3973685, member: 19463&quot;]I searched on eBay and found a seller offering a set 115 of these coins by inputting the date range rather than &#039;Song&#039;.&nbsp; The interesting parts of the sale are several:</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">China 115 Pcs Diff. North Sung Dynasty Coins Collection, AD 960-1125.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Please refer the picture, Fine to Very Fine condition. 115 pieces different one-cash coins in all.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Minted by China North Sung Dynasty Emperors. China’s North Sung Dynasty was a superpower in 10th to 11th century. Every emperor minted its own coin, and some emperor minted several different types of coins in different scripts. This collection includes 115 different one-cash coins, minted by around 20 emperors of North Sung Dynasty. It includes nearly all types of 1-cash coins minted by North Sung Dynasty. Only 2 emperors minted two kind of scarce/rare coins, which is not included in this item.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">1. Here we have a seller offering a group for only about $2.50 a coin specifying you won&#039;t get the two rare ones.&nbsp; I have no idea if this seller is honest or not but it is refreshing to see someone not calling something rare when we know there are tons of them.&nbsp; It is hard to believe there are so many fakes of Chinese coins when you consider how many real ones are out there. He says you get &#039;nearly all&#039; the types and I am sure that my level of interest in the subject would be met with far fewer coins.&nbsp; This is a field where we each can find our own &#039;level&#039;.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">2. He offers 115 different variations but only from &#039;around 20&#039; emperors.&nbsp; This reinforces the point that there are may little variations in the series for the student to learn.&nbsp; I imagine a &#039;complete&#039; set of these coins would include many more very fine, specialist level distinctions that would be lost on most of us.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">All depends on your definition of &#039;nearly&#039; and &#039;complete&#039;.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">3. Note this seller calls the dynasty Sung rather than Song.&nbsp; This is minor compared to the variations you will see according to which system of transliteration from Chinese to English you see.&nbsp; Beginners will see nice little and cheap booklets issued some time ago with easy to use line drawings showing the common types but uses names for emperors before the modern pinyin style became standard.&nbsp; After you realize that Hsuan Te and Xuande are the same guy, it gets easier. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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