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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1011939, member: 17118&quot;]Song Dynasty coins are famous for their beautiful calligraphy.&nbsp; Many of the coins were cast as matched sets with the same inscription written in several different calligraphic styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese refer to these coins with inscriptions written in different styles as <i>dui qian</i> and their first <font size="2">appearance was during the <a href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#kai_yuan_tong_bao_seal_script" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#kai_yuan_tong_bao_seal_script" rel="nofollow">Southern Tang</a>.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">The image you provide above is the matching coin written in <u>seal script</u> to your coin written in <u>regular script</u>. (Incidentally, the link you provide is incorrect.&nbsp; It is a link to a <i>tian sheng yuan bao</i> written in regular script.&nbsp; The correct link to the <i>huang song tong bao</i> written in seal script is <a href="http://primaltrek.com/flowerhole.html#huang_song_tong_bao_seal_script" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/flowerhole.html#huang_song_tong_bao_seal_script" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">The image you provide from forumancientcoins.com is the regular script version of the <i>huang song tong bao</i> and is the same as your coin.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">The dates 1022-1063 refer to the reign of Emperor Ren Zong who actually cast coins with <a href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#emperor_ren_zong" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#emperor_ren_zong" rel="nofollow">eight different reign titles</a>. The <i>huang song tong bao</i> coins were only cast during the years 1039-1054.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Incidentally, the <a href="http://primaltrek.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com" rel="nofollow">primaltrek.com</a> website you reference is my website.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Gary</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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