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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1764461, member: 19463&quot;]On the right appears to be a pointed foot spade of the same date range reading Da Yin.&nbsp; Compare Hartill 3.63.&nbsp; Some of these have numerals on the reverse.&nbsp; My guess, and no more than a guess, is that this is also modern but I emphasize that I do not collect these and would not recognize a real one.&nbsp; As I understand it, Chinese law forbids export of real items of this nature but it is rarely considered wrong to fool foreigners intent on breaking their laws.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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