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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1541565, member: 9204&quot;]How about another ancient Chinese coin (please pardon the crappy scan):</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/wuzhu1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>CHINA, Western Hàn dynasty. <i>Wǔdì</i>. </b>141-87 BC. </p> <p style="text-align: center">Æ (25mm; 2.94 g). Cast circa 115-113 BC.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Wu Zhu</i> in early Hánzi</p> <p style="text-align: center">Blank</p> <p style="text-align: center">Hartill 8.9; Thierry 3</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Wu Zhu coinage was issued in the same types for a period of several hundred years. Dating of this vast series is accomplished by careful comparison of calligraphic variations between specimens found in various Hàn tombs and surviving dated coin molds. This particular variety, with a distinct angular shape of the &lt;i&gt;Wu&lt;/i&gt; character, is one of the more readily apparent variations.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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