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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3045906, member: 78244&quot;]So I have been wanting to upgrade my Dang Jin spade for awhile now under the suspicions that mine is not genuine (though no experts have been able to say one way or another). About a month ago, Stack’s Bowers released an auction that contained the Q. David Bowers’ collection of Chinese coins. I saw many tempting targets, but I decided to limit myself to one (a really rare “eared” spade) plus several lots that I was going to buy for resale. On the first time around, I passed on the Bowers’ Dang Jin spade because I was holding out for the later lots. Fortunately, no one else bid. All of my bids got murdered, and since I really wanted a coin with the Bowers pedigree, I contacted Stack’s and was able to secure the Dang Jin spade for the opening bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was surprised it did not sell for its (really low) opening bid. It has an attractive (to me) crusty patina as opposed to the normal boring brown patina that is often seen with this type (was a major hoard found in a river? [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] ). I have only seen a couple others with a crusty patina. Bob Reis has one for sale right now, and I think the other was sold by Heritage years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing how just the Chinese portion of his collection probably netted him a few million dollars, I wonder how much the rest of Bowers’ collection willl bring...</p><p><br /></p><p>(Feel free to post your coin that you got because of its pedigree.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Without further ado, here is the coin I got:</p><p><br /></p><p>Warring States Period, State of Chu (350-250 BC)</p><p>Obverse: “Pei Bi Dang Jin”</p><p>Reverse: “Shi Huo”</p><p>24.38g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]760929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my original specimen. I just have no idea if it is real or not. The patina is weird and the style does not match any other example I have seen. But it is damaged and appears to be made of old metal. If I decide to sell it, I will back it with a lifetime guarantee that I will buy it back if it is ever found to be bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]760931[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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