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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2597194, member: 78244&quot;]And now the last installment.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Northern Zhou Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Yong Tong Wan Guo, &quot;The Everlasting Currency of the Empire&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was an impulse buy. I saw it for sale for a great price, and I offloaded several coins to be able to pay for it. This coin is very rare as five or less show up each year, and the calligraphy is absolutely amazing. The patina makes the characters stand out, so the coin overall is absolutely beautiful. The story behind this coin is that of family rivalry, corruption and murder, and is always an interesting read. The last coin in my top three.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Warring States Period</b></p><p><b>State of Yan</b></p><p><b>Boshan Knife</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin I had my eye on for a couple years. It was a great price, but I just couldn&#039;t afford it. When I got a job this summer, I finally had money, so I pounced. This coin is exceedingly rare and shows up once every 5-10 years or so. And this is the most common variety, of which I know of three. Two are currently for sale for about three times I paid for this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was an exciting buy for me as it completed my knife type set. I did not think I would ever get one when thumbing through Hartill&#039;s catalogue, but here it is. Unfortunately, it has been broken twice, which is what keeps it out of the top three.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Warring States Period</b></p><p><b>State of Qi</b></p><p><b>Yi Liu Hua, &quot;Six Hua of the City of Yi&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566297[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I had been looking to add this type to my collection for a couple years now. There are three coins from this city (value 1, 4, and 6), and any three of them would have filled in the hole. I prefered the value six variety because it is bigger and the characters look prettier. They would show up once every few months if they showed up that year at all. When they did show up, they were lthen bid up way past what I could afford. Then this one appeared on an obscure German auction site. On the day of the auction, I woke up at 5:00 AM, and put in a bid. Surprisingly, won it at the opening bid, which was a third of the going rate. In-hand, I was very surprised at how big this coin is. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Southern Ming Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Rebel Sun Kewang</b></p><p><b>Xing Chao Tong Bao, &quot;Currency of the Prosperous Dynasty&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Though not ancient (cast 1648-1657), this is a thpe I had been wanting to get for 4 years. I could never find one that was nice, genuine, and a good price. I wanted this particular variety because I thought the characters were attractive, and this coin is HUGE (48mm). Then, I saw it offered by same obscure German auction site as the above coin, and I jumped at the opportunity. The coin is a very high grade, and the patina is very attractive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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