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aukro New Member 9 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 03:44 am Hello! Please help to identify this coin. Report this Post to the Staff

biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 07:23 am Next time you're in a Chinese restaurant, show it to the help. I've been surprised how they can casually look at a coin and say "that's Wun Fat Gie, 1300s." Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 07:37 am We've got plenty of folks that can ID Chinese coins right here, biggfredd. Besides, I don't think they have too many Chinese restaurants in Ukraine. And biggfredd's guess is nowhere near old enough. Your coin is from the Song Dynasty, from the emperor Hui Zong, cast during his Chong Ning period (1102-1107 AD). I assume it's fairly large (about 33mm across)? The inscription reads "Chong Ning zhong bao", and "zhong" means "heavy". Despite being so old, it's not particularly rare or valuable. My Jen catalogue of Chinese coins lists it (J#276, FD# 1049) at $10 in VF. Edit to correct: zhong means "heavy" not "large", but the same idea applies. 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
aukro New Member 9 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 09:07 am Thank you, Sap. You are right - this coin is about 33 mm across. In another forum one man said that this coin is the modern Chinese counterfeiting coin. What do you think: is this coin real or not. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 10:49 am From your pictures, it "looks" genuine to me, or at least not obviously fake as far as style and patination are concerned. There are four pages of these coins on zeno.ru to compare this coin with; no modern fakes of this type are listed. 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
BrokaToe Valued Member United States 175 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 11:52 am Look here: http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/c...g.html#chung this should be your Chinese coin from the Norther Sung 906-1127 a.d. Dynasty Report this Post to the Staff
BrokaToe Valued Member United States 175 Posts	Posted 06/05/2011 12:14 pm Wow Sap, I didn't realize there were so many different varieties of this coin with the same markings. The one I listed probably isn't the correct one now that I look into it further. Think I jumped the gun a little bit...LOL Report this Post to the Staff
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