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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3613007, member: 78244"]I bought this hoard to analyze the types of Huo Quans in circulation at a given time. I divided the coins into three groups: Fine official style, crude unofficial style, and lightweight illicit issues. This was the inventory:</p><p><br /></p><p>Fine “official” style: 109</p><ul> <li>Single Obverse inner rim: 87</li> <li>No obverse inner rim: 3</li> <li>Spike at lower left corner: 2</li> <li>Spike at lower right corner: 2</li> <li>Double inner rim: 5</li> <li>Crescent above hole: 7</li> <li>Crescent below hole: 3</li> </ul><p>Crude “Unofficial” Style: 70</p><ul> <li>Single Obverse inner rim: 46</li> <li>Crescent above hole: 13 (all were from the same batch)</li> <li>No inner rim: 5</li> <li>Spike at lower-left corner: 1</li> <li>Spike at lower-right corner: 4</li> <li>Crescent above hole and spike at lower-left hole: 1</li> </ul><p>Small, light illicit coins: 18</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that there were lightweight illicit coins in circulation implies that this hoard was buried either late in Wang Mang’s reign or early in the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, very few percentage-wise in this bunch. I have dealt with a hoard which was comprised of over half illicit issues, meaning that these coins degraded further after this hoard was buried. Huo Quans were cast by the Eastern Han until the 40’s AD before the Wu Zhu was reintroduced, about 20 years after Wang Mang’s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another item of note is the 13 Huo Quans with exactly the same style, meaning they were from the same batch. This implies that this hoard was buried shortly after these coins were made. These coins are of such poor manufacture, that there is no way that they would pass as official issues. Wang Mang had a draconian policy on counterfeiting and the government had a monopoly on coin production, so it is very unlikely that he contracted out casting coins to private issues. They are the correct size and weight, so they are not really counterfeits. This all implies that these are from the period shortly after Wang Mang’s death in 23 AD. New coins still needed to be minted for circulation despite the shattered state of the government, so it makes sense that private individuals would be filling this need. I conclude that this hoard was buried sometime between 23 and 30 AD and is a snapshot of the monetary situation during the turbulent immediate-post-Wang Mang period.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]967616[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3613007, member: 78244"]I bought this hoard to analyze the types of Huo Quans in circulation at a given time. I divided the coins into three groups: Fine official style, crude unofficial style, and lightweight illicit issues. This was the inventory: Fine “official” style: 109 [LIST] [*]Single Obverse inner rim: 87 [*]No obverse inner rim: 3 [*]Spike at lower left corner: 2 [*]Spike at lower right corner: 2 [*]Double inner rim: 5 [*]Crescent above hole: 7 [*]Crescent below hole: 3 [/LIST] Crude “Unofficial” Style: 70 [LIST] [*]Single Obverse inner rim: 46 [*]Crescent above hole: 13 (all were from the same batch) [*]No inner rim: 5 [*]Spike at lower-left corner: 1 [*]Spike at lower-right corner: 4 [*]Crescent above hole and spike at lower-left hole: 1 [/LIST] Small, light illicit coins: 18 The fact that there were lightweight illicit coins in circulation implies that this hoard was buried either late in Wang Mang’s reign or early in the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, very few percentage-wise in this bunch. I have dealt with a hoard which was comprised of over half illicit issues, meaning that these coins degraded further after this hoard was buried. Huo Quans were cast by the Eastern Han until the 40’s AD before the Wu Zhu was reintroduced, about 20 years after Wang Mang’s death. Another item of note is the 13 Huo Quans with exactly the same style, meaning they were from the same batch. This implies that this hoard was buried shortly after these coins were made. These coins are of such poor manufacture, that there is no way that they would pass as official issues. Wang Mang had a draconian policy on counterfeiting and the government had a monopoly on coin production, so it is very unlikely that he contracted out casting coins to private issues. They are the correct size and weight, so they are not really counterfeits. This all implies that these are from the period shortly after Wang Mang’s death in 23 AD. New coins still needed to be minted for circulation despite the shattered state of the government, so it makes sense that private individuals would be filling this need. I conclude that this hoard was buried sometime between 23 and 30 AD and is a snapshot of the monetary situation during the turbulent immediate-post-Wang Mang period. [ATTACH=full]967616[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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