Need Help Iding These Three Cash Coins

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Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 3:29 pm Hi everyone, I need some help IDing these three cash coins. I believe that the first two, which have blank reverses, are Chinese. But the last may be late 18th century Japanese. Any help IDing the dates and/or KM numbers would be appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 3:41 pm The second is from the Ming dynasty's Emperor Ch'eng Tsu (1403-1424), a "Yung Lo T'ung Pao" Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 3:43 pm Medieval- Awesome! Thanks! Any guesses about the first? Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 3:51 pm Probably Northern Sung which would make it 10th to 12th century. And the third I agree, looks like Japanese. Just a hint: if you post in the 'Identification' forum there is a guy ('manymore') who reads Chinese fluently and knows these coins very well. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 3:58 pm Medieval- Thanks for the help! I do appreciate it. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 4:07 pm Your welcome, from your avatar it looks like you are interested in Islamic/Arabic coins. Only modern ones or medieval ones as well? If the latter you should visit the 'ancient' forum, quite some have been shown there in the last few weeks. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 4:31 pm Medieval- Yes, I am very much interested in Islamic/Islamicate coins. I mostly go for Indian pieces (hence the Akbar Rupee)But I do appreciate unusual, beautiful coins more generally. I actually have been using this forum for about seven years now, and I'm a bit sinusoidal in my usage: I go through phases where I'm on here a lot, and periods when I'm off having other adventures - but never forgetting about numismatics along the way. Edited by Archraz 11/08/2014 4:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
packrat1 Valued Member United States 185 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 5:15 pm Third coin is a Japanese 1 Mon 1668 Edo mint. Rev. Bun Report this Post to the Staff
packrat1 Valued Member United States 185 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 5:19 pm Could you show the Reverse of number two? Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 11/08/2014 9:27 pm The first coin is a shao sheng yuan bao (ç´¹è-å.ƒå¯¶) written in seal script which was cast (1094-1097) during the reign of Emperor Zhe Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty. A similar coin may be seen here. For those interested, the second coin (yong le tong bao æ°¸æ¨‚e€šå¯¶) has a very interesting history which I write about here. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 12:15 pm Thanks for the help, everyone! Report this Post to the Staff
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