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allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/26/2013 8:20 pm I am not sure on these two coins. Got them as part of a lot. Neither of them have anything on the back. First one is thin. This one looks like it may have been in a fire. Report this Post to the Staff

allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/26/2013 9:43 pm I'm leaning towards this coin for the first one: http://www.numismall.com/acc/Bronze...Qui-Lay.html Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 07/27/2013 02:37 am For the second piece, I'm guessing Song Dynasty China, Sheng Song yuan bao, "running script" variety. Zeno.ru example. The white dust and rim width of your piece indicate to me a possible high-zinc Vietnamese copy; I'm finding references to Vietnamese unofficial copies with this same inscription, but all the examples I can find are written in seal script, not running script. A weight might help. 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
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/27/2013 12:35 pm Sap, I can confirm that the second one is made out of zinc. I took some known bronze cash coins and a known zinc Annam cash coin and did some drop tests. The bronze/brass ones have a nice ring to them. The Annam cash coin and this second coin have a dull sound to them. I will see about getting the weight soon. Edited by allranger 07/27/2013 12:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 08/13/2013 10:28 pm Sap, I just got my scale and was able to weigh the second coin. It is 3.6 grams. Report this Post to the Staff
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