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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4611535, member: 102653"]Here is a handful of my imitation coins, mostly cash coins and related styles from China and the Southeast Asian islands of present-day Indonesia.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142132[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Island of Sumatra</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 1570 - 1640 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">Tin Cash | 0.68g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Private coinage issue copying legend of Northern Song Dynasty coin</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Hong Wu Tong Bao</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Plain</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: Unlisted in Hartill Guide to Cash Coins</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142133[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Island of Sumatra</p> <p style="text-align: center">City of Palembang</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 1595-1645 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">Tin Cash | 0.31g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Private coinage issue copying legend of Northern Song Dynasty coin</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Xian Ping Yuan Bao</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Plain</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: Hartill Guide to Cash Coins #3.73</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142131[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Island of Sumatra</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 14 - 18th Century</p> <p style="text-align: center">Tin Cash | Possibly gambling token | 0.92g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Four sets of four dots, imitating Chinese characters</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Plain</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: Unlisted in Hartill Guide to Cash Coins</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142128[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Qing Dynasty of China</p> <p style="text-align: center">1736 - 1800s CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AE Cash | Contemporary Counterfeit | 1.21g | 20mm</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Qian Long Tong Bao</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Boo Chiowan</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142129[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Qing Dynasty of China</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 1770 - 1790 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AE Cash | Illicit Product</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Qian Long Tong Bao</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Boo Yun</p> <p style="text-align: center">Minted at the unofficial mint of Pu'er in Yunnan</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: See Zeno#168636</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1142134[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Islands of Java and Bali</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 19 - 20th Century</p> <p style="text-align: center">Zinc Cash | 2.63g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Private imitation copying obverse of Northern Song Dynasty, reverse of Qing Dynasty</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Extremely corrupted Xiang Fu Yuan Bao</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Extremely corrupted Manchu script mint mark</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4611535, member: 102653"]Here is a handful of my imitation coins, mostly cash coins and related styles from China and the Southeast Asian islands of present-day Indonesia. [CENTER] [ATTACH=full]1142132[/ATTACH] Island of Sumatra c. 1570 - 1640 CE Tin Cash | 0.68g Private coinage issue copying legend of Northern Song Dynasty coin Obv: Hong Wu Tong Bao Rev: Plain Ref: Unlisted in Hartill Guide to Cash Coins [ATTACH=full]1142133[/ATTACH] Island of Sumatra City of Palembang c. 1595-1645 CE Tin Cash | 0.31g Private coinage issue copying legend of Northern Song Dynasty coin Obv: Xian Ping Yuan Bao Rev: Plain Ref: Hartill Guide to Cash Coins #3.73 [ATTACH=full]1142131[/ATTACH] Island of Sumatra c. 14 - 18th Century Tin Cash | Possibly gambling token | 0.92g Obv: Four sets of four dots, imitating Chinese characters Rev: Plain Ref: Unlisted in Hartill Guide to Cash Coins [ATTACH=full]1142128[/ATTACH] Qing Dynasty of China 1736 - 1800s CE AE Cash | Contemporary Counterfeit | 1.21g | 20mm Obv: Qian Long Tong Bao Rev: Boo Chiowan [ATTACH=full]1142129[/ATTACH] Qing Dynasty of China c. 1770 - 1790 CE AE Cash | Illicit Product Obv: Qian Long Tong Bao Rev: Boo Yun Minted at the unofficial mint of Pu'er in Yunnan Ref: See Zeno#168636 [ATTACH=full]1142134[/ATTACH] Islands of Java and Bali c. 19 - 20th Century Zinc Cash | 2.63g Private imitation copying obverse of Northern Song Dynasty, reverse of Qing Dynasty Obv: Extremely corrupted Xiang Fu Yuan Bao Rev: Extremely corrupted Manchu script mint mark[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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