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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 565557, member: 17118&quot;]ls8driver,</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to rely on Chinese sources as the authoritative references on old Chinese coins and charms.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to these texts, the only brass specimen of this coin is a &quot;mother coin&quot; which would have been the hand-carved model used for the casting of the iron coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these Chinese references use a system to indicate rarity.&nbsp; This brass &quot;mother coin&quot; is rated a &quot;one shang&quot; which would make it the rarest of the rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>One Chinese reference notes that a rarity of &quot;one shang&quot; means there is only one specimen known to exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I view the images of your coin, I do not see any of the classic characteristics of a &quot;mother coin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I certainly am not an expert in this field and I am only passing along the above information for your consideration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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