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Original Asian Type Coin Or Some Kind Of Reproduction? (Id: Repro Of Early Han Ban Liang)

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This coin is 7.9 grams and diameter about 25 mm.
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The design is that of a very early cash coin, the "ban liang" or "half tael" coins of the early Han period (circa 200-100 BC), but alas, yours is a copy.
- The patina is simply wrong for a 2000 year old copper coin. It should be nice and green.
- Genuine Ban Liang don't have anything on the other side - they were cast in uniface moulds, not twin moulds like more recent cash coins.
- They shouldn't have a thick rim like that either. Ban Liang are rimless.
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Sap - my guess is that it was a copy but your information regarding the original type coin is very interesting and informative! Thanks.
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