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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2239741, member: 75799&quot;]I totally agree and share your sentiments gxseries. Although I am admittedly partial towards Chinese coins, the astronomical prices of scarcer and better issues now are way beyond my capacity to achieve a close to decent series. It has come to a stage where I only buy coins from trusted sources such as reputable auction houses internationally outside of China (believe me you wouldn&#039;t believe the prices they go for in China). I personally dislike slabbed coins but have no choice but to for some just for the assurance if I couldn&#039;t find a piece I like from auction houses.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the 3 mace types, I do not honestly know the reason why. But you do have a point regarding them being at times scarcer. My thoughts are it&#039;s probably due to convenience or utility. It is likely that the 3 mace series was not a popular denomination very much so like how the half dollars were out of favor in the US. Another possibility is the local economy. Unlike today, each provincial government or bank has a degree of autonomy over the local commerce and economy. It is likely the degree of wealth and commercial activity influenced the local mintage to a degree. For instance Fujian province issued only small coins because the poverty level there made most goods very cheap and thus there is hardly any use or demand for higher denominations where they can be replaced by borrowing off currencies from neighboring provinces through trade. Yunnan on the other hand has possibly a high degree of commerce with the neighboring countries such as Burma, Vietnam and Indochina. Thus the need for more silver as a medium of trade provides more incentive for more and varied denominations to be minted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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