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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 2887633, member: 84744"]I still haven't been able to snag one of these, and I agree, blue is beautiful! But I like your labeled one very much too. (You have to love heavy patina if you're going to love Chinese coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And thank you for the detailed writeup and historical context... much appreciated. I've found that this information is hard to find online. Also seems to be hard to find in English even in print form, although I haven't looked too hard. (If you have suggestions I'm all ears... right now I have only Schöth and Hartill.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what I believe to be the earliest square-hole coin, State of Qi, and it is the one hua denomination (H6.23) so pretty close to the standard size from centuries later. The date range I have is 300-221 BC, and the inscription ai (or yi?) hua 賹化. Qi was the last of the warring states to be taken over by Qin. (I would also like to get one of the pre-unification heavy banliang's of Qin... do you have one?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693373[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 2887633, member: 84744"]I still haven't been able to snag one of these, and I agree, blue is beautiful! But I like your labeled one very much too. (You have to love heavy patina if you're going to love Chinese coins.) And thank you for the detailed writeup and historical context... much appreciated. I've found that this information is hard to find online. Also seems to be hard to find in English even in print form, although I haven't looked too hard. (If you have suggestions I'm all ears... right now I have only Schöth and Hartill.) Here is what I believe to be the earliest square-hole coin, State of Qi, and it is the one hua denomination (H6.23) so pretty close to the standard size from centuries later. The date range I have is 300-221 BC, and the inscription ai (or yi?) hua 賹化. Qi was the last of the warring states to be taken over by Qin. (I would also like to get one of the pre-unification heavy banliang's of Qin... do you have one?) [ATTACH=full]693373[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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