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New Member
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Dear community, this is my newbie post in the forum, so I hope any mistakes I make are treated kindly :) I won the auction on a seemingly HUGE Chinese cash coin (1450 x 560mm - but probably they got the decimals wrong in the specification), and I have great trouble correctly identifying it: https://www.katzauction.com/lots/vi...ng-1506-1521The attribution to Ming Dynasty doesn't seem to fit, because two characters identify it as 'Wu Zhu'... unless it is a recast of that period. I also read an interesting article on vault protector coins that are the only other huge old Chinese cash coin variety (and more charm than coin) that I could find: http://primaltrek.com/blog/2015/06/...ector-coins/Thank you in advance for any tips, links, help!! Greatly appreciated.  Edited by ManOnTheRoad
06/26/2018 06:08 am
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the CCF No disrespect intended - but I am not going to engage with either of those hyperlinks you have embedded in your maiden post. Internet security today is way too precarious for that. Show us photos of what you have. |
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New Member
 Germany
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Thank you Nickelsearcher! both for your welcome and the tipp. Post edited, photo uploaded - although the resolution is better in the link...
Hope someone can help me :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks to me like a really cool novelty piece. Think giant US cents and the like.
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
566 Posts |
A nice fantasy piece.
How old? Numismatic value?
Who knows?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Welcome to the Forum MOTR. You've come to a great place to share and learn.
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New Member
Germany
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Thanks everyone! Both for trying to ID as well as your welcoming words :)
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New Member
Germany
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I just realised that the characters on this coin are in SEAL script: http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Litera...enjiezi.htmland the character on the reverse right is radical # 430 of the Shuowen_Seal_Radicals: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...numbered.svgThat means now 4 out of the total 7 characters are clear, and the 8th is an 'moon' symbol: obverse: Left: Wu (as on all Wu Shu style coins) Right: Shu (as on all Wu Shu style coins) (Before passing on however, it may be well to note that the second character 'Shu' means a weight standard equal to 100 millet grains. This standard for weighing coins has ben invariably used by the Chinese numismatists, and it is easy to see how in primitive times, when standards were unfixed, this practice was adopted. ) Top: ? Bottom: "moon" symbol Reverse: Left: Shu (as on all Wu Shu style coins) Right: radical # 430 ? Top: Shi ("ten" in all Chinese scripts) Bottom: ? I hope someone else here will help!? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by Kushanshah
06/27/2018 10:01 pm
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Australia
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These giant coin-like amulets are often Vietnamese, rather than Chinese in origin. They are intended to be hung up in houses as a protection against evil spirits (not entirely unlike the Westernized practice of Feng Shui).
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
Germany
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Thank you so much Kushanshah and for everyone who supported the search as well!
Fantastic! :)
Too bad it is Qing and not earlier ;) but all good - at least now that I have reference citations, I can delve deeper into its meaning, original purpose and rarity.
And for sure the auctioning house must have made a mistake with the dimensions...
This forum is fantastic!
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New Member
Germany
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in order to close this topic, here's the reference from 'Classic Chinese Charms' E.H., #490a Good day to all!  |
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