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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 2838303, member: 87271&quot;]Wow! A big thank you to all the warm welcomes! Just goes to show how active the community here is. Some nice coins have certainly been posted, love that stater, especially the incredible reverse [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]: no way, that’s awesome! What are the odds? Although that would most likely have been before I was born. I recognise the moulds from Thomas, and I too pondered over buying these from him. That double-value Anyang spade is a nice example, indeed from a reputable dealer. I own one double value and two single value spades myself, and even though they are the most common of the fangzubu, they still rank amongst my favourites. Hence my name <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER], that is an incredibly sweet Yi hua&nbsp; Ji! I try to focus mostly on the three Jins, and&nbsp; I am thus a little neglecting of Yan and Qi state coinage, but I’d be more than willing to make an exception should I come across a specimen as nice as that. Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER], Yes calling&nbsp; archaeology a safe career choice would be a sincere overstatement. But I figured a possibility of doing something I love for a living would be more than worth a shot. The ultimate goal would be to end up somewhere in the field of Chinese archaeology, a nice tie in to my collecting habits, but that is far from easy. But who knows, there are many possible paths, and I still have a few years before specializing. For now, I’m starting next Monday, and I for one can’t wait.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your ‘Chinese crusade’, I have read all of topics with great pleasure. I am afraid I have to admit I am not a huge fan of Wang Mang (*GASP*, I know, heresy), but I still own most of his common coins, and of course that first huobo spade. I absolutely love the blue accents it has on the reverse, somewhat similar to the nice example you own! That was a numismall coin, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>My example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670866[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A big thanks again to all those that responded! I’ll post some of my coin tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mika[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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