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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7146602, member: 102103&quot;]Today:&nbsp; I attempt to learn to read seal script.</p><p>Two coins from what I believe to be the Northern Song Dynasty</p><p>L:&nbsp; 皇宋通寶 (Huang Song Tong Bao)&nbsp; 1022-63, 2.96 g, 26 mm</p><p>R:&nbsp; 治平元寶 (Zhi Ping Yuan Bao)&nbsp; 1063-67, 3.55 g, 24 mm&nbsp; </p><p>Reverses are both blank</p><p>Numista for <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20612.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20612.html" rel="nofollow">Huang Song</a>, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20615.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20615.html" rel="nofollow">Zhi Ping</a></p><p>Note that the left coin reads top-bottom-left-right, while the right reads top-left-right-bottom.&nbsp; The seal script versions of the characters are quite a bit different than the clerical script, much less the modern printed characters I am used to.&nbsp; Once one has a guess for the dynasty, it can be easiest to scroll through a list of emperors or coin pictures such as on Numista (keyword for the dynasty) or <a href="https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china5.htm#north%20sung" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china5.htm#north%20sung" rel="nofollow">Calgary Coins</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274501[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1274502[/ATTACH]</p><p>As for authenticity, I&#039;m not an expert, but they look OK to me.&nbsp; None of these are valuable enough to be a big target for counterfeiters, and the wear and oxidation look appropriate for the period to my limited knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Song Dynasty cash are actually more common than coins from Ming Dynasty.&nbsp; Apparently the Ming Dynasty didn&#039;t mint nearly as many copper coins and tried to use more paper money.&nbsp; After it was overthrown by the Manchu/Qing Dynasty, much of the remaining coins were accepted at only half par and melted down.&nbsp; Most plentiful now is cash from the Qing Dynasty, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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