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phurst New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/23/2014 09:43 am Good morning everybody. Yesterday a couple of you were kind enough to identify a Chinese coin for me as a fake. There was no great investment of money on my part, as it came as a part of a very reasonably priced group of low to mid grade ancients and medievals. However, since that one was fake, I'm now curious about the rest of the Chinese coins in the group. I'm pretty comfortable that the non-chinese coins are authentic, but I have absolutely zero experience with Asian coinage. I was wondering if y'all would be so kind as to look at the rest of the Chinese coins (I'll break them up into 2 lots to make life easier). Please forgive the "look" of the coins. I cranked up the contrast to help the characters stand out. Thanks so much for your help! Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 12/23/2014 4:22 pm They look all genuine to me. The picture of number 4 is upside down. For starters, number 2 is: "Yuan feng t'ung pao" (read clockwise from top) minted 1078 to 1085 from emperor Shen Tsung (1068-1085) of the Northern Sung dynasty. Please note that I use the old transliteration system (in which the Chinese capital is 'Peking'), there is a newer transliteration system in which the names look slightly different (like 'Beijing') Report this Post to the Staff
phurst New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/23/2014 6:02 pm Glad to know these look legit, and thanks so much for the ID. I've tried looking at the cash coin identification websites and I'm at a complete loss :) Perhaps the one fake came from the same source as the spade coin that was in the lot and was so obviously a fake I didn't even bother with it. Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 12/23/2014 10:15 pm Quote: For starters, number 2 is: "Yuan feng t'ung pao" (read clockwise from top) minted 1078 to 1085 from emperor Shen Tsung (1068-1085) of the Northern Sung dynasty. 2) It is actually a yuan you tong bao (å.ƒç¥e€šå¯¶) in running script cast during the years 1086-1093 of the reign of Emperor Zhe Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty. All the coins are from the Northern Song. 1) Xian ping yuan bao (å'¸å¹³å.ƒå¯¶) in regular script, 998-1003, Emperor Zhen Zong. (The software on this forum does not display certain Chinese characters.) 3) Tian sheng yuan bao (å¤©è-å.ƒå¯¶) in seal script, 1023-1031, Emperor Ren Zong. 4) Sheng song yuan bao (è-å®‹å.ƒå¯¶) in seal script, 1101-1106, Emperor Hui Zong. 5. Xiang fu tong bao (ç¥¥ç¬¦e€šå¯¶) in regular script, 1008-1016, Emperor Zhen Zong. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 12/24/2014 04:04 am Sorry for misreading the character at the right, as always for those coins 'manymore' is correct. Btw, he uses the modern transliteration. Report this Post to the Staff
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