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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3138844, member: 78244&quot;]I purchased these from a good friend who is selling off his collection. Some of the varieties are extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802051[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The hollow-handle spade is in practically uncirculated condition with a nice character and great patina. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Wang Mang spade on the left is a contemporary counterfeit, which I bought because of the sheer amount of risk that the counterfeiter was under when he made this. Maybe he had gotten captured and was killed for making this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Huo Bu spade on the right is an oddity. It is made of iron and has the inscription repeated on the reverse. I doubt it is contemporary with Wang Mang’s rule, but I do not know when it would have been made.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802052[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These knives show the progression from the earliest pointed knives (on the left) to the earliest Ming knives (on the right). Some of the shapes I did not have yet, and the knife on the left has an uncatalogued inscription (Wu, or 5). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802053[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I bought several ant noses. The three on the right are extremely rare varieties, which read (from left to right) “Jin” (“metal”), “Jin” (Chu denomination), and an unknown character sid to be “Yong” (“forever”). This “Yong” coin (I disagree with the reading but don’t have a better theory at this time) is extremely rare. It is unlisted in most catalogues, and I only know of three that exist, all of which show evidence of being from the same hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two coins on the right are from the Wang Mang period. One is the handle from a Qi Dao Wu Bai knife. It shows clear signs of being detatched from the blade and filed down to a mostly-round shape. The other is a Da Quan Wu Shi with the inscription repeated on the reverse. This is the first time I have been able to aquire this kind of error.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802054[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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