Posted 12/14/2011 06:34 am
OK, I'm here again, so here's my best effort at reading what you've got. Note: spellings of province names are the same as those printed in the Krause catalogues. Modern Chinese spellings are different.
#1: Kiangsu province, Empire, undated, obverse "small Manchu characters", reverse "9 tentacles at end of dragon's tail". Die pair L-9, Woodward #827, best match for Krause is problematic given the sparse definitions given there, but I think it's supposed to be KM/Y# 162.7.
#2: Hupeh province, Empire, undated, obverse "large top characters", reverse "one cloud below flame-pearl". Die pair C-5, Woodward #462, best match for Krause KM/Y# 122.
#3: Hupeh province, Empire, cyclical date 1906, obverse is too weakly struck / badly worn to ID properly, reverse "plain-tailed dragon with bar-shaped cloud below pearl". Most likely die pair with that reverse is P-23, Woodward #497, Krause KM/Y# 10j.1.
#4: Republic, General Issue, undated, obverse "8-shaped knot, single line in bottom corner of left flag, cup-ended ribbons", reverse "diamond-shaped rosettes". This type is known to have been minted in Nanking. Die pair AC-26, Woodward# 1047, best match I can find in Krause is KM/Y# 303.
#5: Much the same as #2, right down to the die variety as near as I can tell.
#1: Kiangsu province, Empire, undated, obverse "small Manchu characters", reverse "9 tentacles at end of dragon's tail". Die pair L-9, Woodward #827, best match for Krause is problematic given the sparse definitions given there, but I think it's supposed to be KM/Y# 162.7.
#2: Hupeh province, Empire, undated, obverse "large top characters", reverse "one cloud below flame-pearl". Die pair C-5, Woodward #462, best match for Krause KM/Y# 122.
#3: Hupeh province, Empire, cyclical date 1906, obverse is too weakly struck / badly worn to ID properly, reverse "plain-tailed dragon with bar-shaped cloud below pearl". Most likely die pair with that reverse is P-23, Woodward #497, Krause KM/Y# 10j.1.
#4: Republic, General Issue, undated, obverse "8-shaped knot, single line in bottom corner of left flag, cup-ended ribbons", reverse "diamond-shaped rosettes". This type is known to have been minted in Nanking. Die pair AC-26, Woodward# 1047, best match I can find in Krause is KM/Y# 303.
#5: Much the same as #2, right down to the die variety as near as I can tell.
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