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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2335293, member: 74799"]I am almost about to quit the far east due to all the fakes that are abundant out there. It is extremely difficult to tell authentic coins from fakes ones unless you are a <u><b>real </b></u>expert. To avoid this mess, I have been mostly buying coins from Steve Album, Scott Seamans, and other well known dealers, but even so, there is that potential for a fake coin to crop up. Very disheartening! </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, instead of posting another <i>Chinese </i>Kai Yuan, I figured I'll post this one instead. It is a bit rough in comparison to Yuan coins, but then again, they don't come to market very often:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sogdiana, Bukhara: Anonymous (ca. 640-708 CE) AE Cash (Smirnova-1379)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: 開元通寳 <i>Kai Yuan tong bao</i></p><p>Rev: Bukharian tamgha to the right of a square hole</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Smirnova-1379.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Line drawing from смирнова о.и. сводный - <i>каталог согдийских монет (Summary Catalog of Sogdian Coins by O. I. Smirnova)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]473927[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2335293, member: 74799"]I am almost about to quit the far east due to all the fakes that are abundant out there. It is extremely difficult to tell authentic coins from fakes ones unless you are a [U][B]real [/B][/U]expert. To avoid this mess, I have been mostly buying coins from Steve Album, Scott Seamans, and other well known dealers, but even so, there is that potential for a fake coin to crop up. Very disheartening! Anyway, instead of posting another [I]Chinese [/I]Kai Yuan, I figured I'll post this one instead. It is a bit rough in comparison to Yuan coins, but then again, they don't come to market very often: [B]Sogdiana, Bukhara: Anonymous (ca. 640-708 CE) AE Cash (Smirnova-1379)[/B] Obv: 開元通寳 [I]Kai Yuan tong bao[/I] Rev: Bukharian tamgha to the right of a square hole [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Smirnova-1379.jpg[/IMG] Line drawing from смирнова о.и. сводный - [I]каталог согдийских монет (Summary Catalog of Sogdian Coins by O. I. Smirnova) [ATTACH=full]473927[/ATTACH] [/I][/QUOTE]
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