CAST CHINESE COINS by David Hartill

CAST CHINESE COINS David Hartill ebook
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1412054664, 9781412054669
Page: 473

While the images are not quite good enough to be absolutely certain, the coin appears to be "struck" as opposed to "cast". €�Colleagues in China have already correctly identified the coin and we are all excited about the find. Here are some coins from my collection. An exotic treasure cast up upon the shore, wet with sea-foam, and glinting in the fading light. I'm researching my first Chinese coine and believe I've found out that one side indicates Hsien-Feng T'ung-Pao and the other indicates Department of Public Works Mint and Coin. If you like these I'll post more tomorrow. But to my juvenile eyes, it was nothing short of pirate's gold! Chinese money coins originated from the barter of farming tools and rural surpluses. In the mid Cast gold coins are also known to exist but are very rare. Mowa tu oczywiście o anglojęzycznym katalogu David'a Hartill'a Cast Chinese Coins (Chińskie odlewane monety). Przyszedł czas na recenzję biblii zbieracza monet keszowych. Regarding why Chinese cash coins have square holes, the two responses you published are correct. It was a late summer evening with the sun hanging low in the sky, when I happened upon an old Chinese “I Ching” coin half-submerged in the sand, right on the tide line. However there are no characters to indicate the coin's value. He was also associated with peace, prosperity, and longevity, so people gradually developed the custom of collecting a coin cast from each of 20 mints, putting them on a string and carrying them for good luck. Radiocarbon dates will be due soon,” said the anthropologist. Historically , Chinese money coins were cast in copper, brass or iron. JING DE YUAN BAO Circa 1008-1016. Later that night, the coin was hidden from sight in an impressive fortification I had made of Lego. The Northern Song Dyansty lasted from 960-1127 AD.