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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2499337, member: 78244&quot;]What I like is the calligraphic beauty in each reign title in each kind of script it was produced. For the earlier coins, I buy minor varieties because I can usually tell a story behind them, or because they look cool (in an archaic sense), or (mostly) because I got them for fifty cents or less. I have several &quot;unlisted&quot; varieties, but I don&#039;t value them any more than I do the listed ones. Other than that, I collect by type. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for one-dot tongs and nailmarks, I don&#039;t understand why I should have them either. Of the 25 pages of Qian Long cash in Hartill&#039;s guide, I find that a few coins of different sizes (15mm-30mm) to be just sufficient. The coins I have with nailmarks just happened to be in a lot I purchased. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I say I have 200 Wu Zhus, many of those come from a hoard I purchased that had coins from 130 BC to 550 AD. I keep them together for provenance sake and to represent the variety of coins that circulated in 550 AD. The rest are either high-grade coins with attractive patina or significant varieties (rays, cast to look clipped, dots, metallic composition, etc.). Sometimes the presence of a bar or a style of calligraphy can allow a collector to attribute a coin to a specific dynasty or ruler.</p><p><br /></p><p>To know how to spot the lower-value fakes, it helps to look at a bunch of fakes to know what a bad patina/fabric/calligraphic style looks like. You have a bunch of genuine examples to compare to. Here is a list of counterfeit sellers on eBay I compiled on a different forum.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=266180" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=266180" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=266180</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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