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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Edited by bobbyhelmet
01/20/2013 08:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I saw a lot of these coming in by customers at my show yesterday, one was 3in. across, most were 1200's to 1600's, I know nothing about these and trying to stay away from them too, to many to collect..  .. |
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 United States
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Very nice group, you are building an excellent collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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hu, that's interesting...are these from different mints or somehing? (so this is like their mint mark?)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice Chinese coins! You're going to have a lot of them soon. lol
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You are building a fine collection!! Northern Song calligraphy styles and varieties are explained on the Calgary Coin website. It has been suggested calligraphy variations were used as mint and date control marks. http://www.calgarycoin.com/referenc...a/china5.htm |
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You're going to have a lot of them soon. I bought 72 last night alone  Your fault, you got me interested  Intend to cherry pick the lots then re-sell a few when they arrive, that way I get to handle a lot for little money. Also bought a couple of none coin books about China to help me understand it all, this one is proving a good read http://www.thamesandhudson.com/China/9780500251423. Was able to pick it up for £5 at a discount book store. Quote:
are these from different mints or something? I'm not 100% sure chrsmat71 - I'm a noob myself (its reminded me how daunting ancients are to newcomers!) |
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I'm not 100% sure chrsmat71 - I'm a noob myself (its reminded me how daunting ancients are to newcomers!) Glad you know how I feel  but I have just tried identifying some cash coins today. Edited by rooneydog
01/20/2013 4:35 pm
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I bought 72 last night alone Your fault, you got me interested. Haha. I'll take the blame for that. Glad that you like ancient Chinese coins. I myself am going to get a few more as money and time allows. Quote:
its reminded me how daunting ancients are to newcomers! Oh yeah, it was quite confusing at first but my knowledge of moderns did help a bit. Thankfully, there is more than enough information and documentation online to get started. I have way more to learn though. I don't mind, if I knew it all right away I might lose interest. Who knows. |
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Glad you know how I feel Oh, your not alone, don't worry, most confusing aspect so far is that I'm finding around three different spellings for the Emperors names, often they are different enough to mean I cant make the connection between them! Thanks for the link aiglet7, more reading required |
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