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10-14 Ad Æ Value 900 Spade (22x53mm, 13.63g) China Xīn Dynasty Wáng Măng Ad 7/9-23

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New acquisition today. Thoughts? Thanks!

CHINA, Xin dynasty. Wáng Máng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Value Nine Hundred Spade (22x53mm, 13.63 g). Cast AD 10-14. Ci Bu Jiu Bai in archaizing jinwen (bronzeware script) / Blank. BN, Chinoises II -; Hartill 9.28. Green patina with thick earthen deposits. From the Norman Frank Collection.

10-14-Ad-Æ-Value-900-Spade-22x53mm,-13.63g-China-Xīn-Dynasty-Wáng-Măng-Ad-7/9-23
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Congrats again.

Another question concerning the less detailed side (rev?).

My phone screen limits what is seen even when enlarged and I was wondering if there are Chinese characters amongst the background?
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@pp55, the description from the catalog says that there is script in the obverse and is blank on the reverse so I think the researchers saw no writing on the other side. Hope that helps.
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THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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Although we cannot verify authenticity with this, David Hartill's excellent "Cast Chinese Coins" reference shows us that this is a documented coin design rather than a fantasy piece.

10-14-Ad-Æ-Value-900-Spade-22x53mm,-13.63g-China-Xīn-Dynasty-Wáng-Măng-Ad-7/9-23
10-14-Ad-Æ-Value-900-Spade-22x53mm,-13.63g-China-Xīn-Dynasty-Wáng-Măng-Ad-7/9-23
10-14-Ad-Æ-Value-900-Spade-22x53mm,-13.63g-China-Xīn-Dynasty-Wáng-Măng-Ad-7/9-23
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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