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New Member
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Hi everyone !This is one of my precious collections,it minted in State Qi(the warring states)， circa fifth century BC."e之法-"。  |
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Valued Member
United States
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This is beautiful. Someone just posted a picture of some of the modern copies that they seel to tourists. I forgot what they topic title was though.
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New Member
 Ukraine
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2# collection Spade Coin obverse：壬羊 bronze size 10mm circa 770 BC-570 BC  |
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Valued Member
United States
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That's nice, but I still like the first one. Anymore?
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Moderator
 United States
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Two very interesting and nice pieces, while not coins persay ancient Chinese coinage is believed to have started before it first appeared in ancient Lydia. I have a fair collection of Chinese coins from 220 BC to 1912 AD but I don't have any knife or spade money. Thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum, liluyi! Interesting artifacts!  |
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New Member
Ukraine
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Thanks again,this coin is the earlist coin in ancient China and the world,it`s a bone shell,Shang dynasty,1600BC-1046BC，it not olny bone shell,also others material like jade shell,bronze shell and natural shell.
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New Member
Ukraine
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New Member
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Sorry ,i don`t know what happened ,can`t to load image,try again  |
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Moderator
United States
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Very interesting to see these pieces. How did you come by them? I'm interested in ancient Chinese coinage but there are not too many collectors here. What amazes me about this series is that once the round coinage was established in the Chin Dyanasty it went unchanged other than for the inscriptions for more than 2000 years.
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New Member
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you are right,not too many collectors because chinese culture and european culture is completely different,Europeans are more interested in the collection of ancient Greek coins.
the antique market in China everywhere fakes,i often buy it in the auction,of course it`s expensive ,but it is not fakes.
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