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Pheroow Valued Member United Arab Emirates 283 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 06:52 am Hello guys, on a recent thread of mine I had lots and lots of asian coins for identification. Sap had a nice guide which I used and identified almost all of them, but I still have a few coins that I was not able to identify. Please help me with these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/40051066791....m1497.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/40051066722....m1497.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/40051066722....m1497.l2649 (rotate the third one left once to see the coin in the right direction) Thanks in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 07:28 am I think the first is China, cash, emperor Shen Tsung, era hsi ning (xi ning) 1068-1077 Same for number 2 Edited by rooneydog 07/09/2013 07:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 07:49 am Third I am thinking Sheng Sung Yuan but not to clear. http://www.coinproject.com/search_e...pe=37&page=2 Report this Post to the Staff
Pheroow Valued Member United Arab Emirates 283 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 12:35 pm Can someone check if his guess is right? I have doubt about coin #3 Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 5:39 pm Why not just buy a copy of Schjoth? Report this Post to the Staff
Pheroow Valued Member United Arab Emirates 283 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 6:32 pm What is that? Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 9:15 pm Frederick Schhoth wrote the standard work in English on Chinese Cash coins called "Chinese Currency." Otherwise there are two other good references in English, "Fisher's Ding" which is an annotated translation of Ding Fubao's "Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Coins" or Hartill's book (I forget the title off hand). I personally prefer Schjoth over the others. E-mail me, I sell the first two books (Schjoth and Ding). Also have a peek at my website (link below) for Chinese Cash for sale. I have more that aren't on the site as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 07/09/2013 9:56 pm #3 does appear to be the type rooneydog linked to; here is one on zeno.ru. I have two catalogues for Chinese cash: the David Hartill book (titled "Cast Chinese Coins") and the book put out by Krause, "Chinese Cash: Identification and Price Guide" by David Jen. Jen is full of errors (unless they've issued a second edition since my copy came out; my copy is full of scribbled corrections I've had to make) but is still the only "price guide" out there; the Hartill catalogue only has a 15-point rarity scale, and the other catalogues are so old I'm thinking any indicators of rarity and value in them are likely to be obsolete. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 07/10/2013 9:28 pm I haven't switched over to Hartill, I'm still clinging to my Schjoth numbers for as long as I can. Jen is notoriously error riddled. There is a price guide which was added to Schjoth after publication which is good for assessing relative rarity, and if you convert the 1965 prices to 2013 prices they're still pretty much within the range of normal prices you'll find in the marketplace (run them through the inflation calculator on westegg.com to convert the 1965 prices to 2013 prices). Pricing in those catalogs is always basically a best guesstimate. Report this Post to the Staff
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