English: WANG MANG 7 - 23 AD

PHOTO H# INSCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE

  9.1q   Da Quan Wu Shi: Early?   Heavy piece with good calligraphy but crude rims, including unfiled sprue. Could be earliest issue, or provincial, or even contemporary fake. 29.28mm, 7.81gm.     VF   $ 20.00

  9.1&   Da Quan Wu Shi: MOULD   Metal "ashtray type" four-coin mould, two up and two down, 361gm, 84.9x82mm.     Crusty but clear   $ 2,250.00

  9.6N   Da Quan Wu Shi: Error?   Too-heavy piece, reverse shows diagonal lines, especially in SE corner. Mould cracking, or halves not bound tightly enough?? 28.13mm, 9.46gm     VF   $ 35.00

  9.14B   Xiao Quan Zhi Yi   Value One, Variety: Large Zhiand sharper rim, 15.29mm, 0.80gm.     VF   $ 40.00

  9.29D   Spade: Value 1000   Da Bu Heng Qian VARIETY: No line above hole, Da arms down; SMALL characters. About 55-57mm tall x 24mm wide; 15.20gm     F-VF   $ 85.00

  9.30A   Spade: Value 25   Huo Bu Variety: Smooth, squared edges. 57-58x22mm; 15.71gm.     EF-UC, pale patina   $ 75.00

  9.30A   Spade: Value 25   Huo Bu Variety: Smooth, squared edges. 57-58x22mm; 15.98gm.     EF-UC, darker patina   $ 85.00

  9.30B   Spade: Value 25   Huo Bu Variety: Ridged edges, sometimes with flashing. 57-58x22mm; 17.68gm.     VF, slightly crusty   $ 75.00

  9.60C   Huo Quan: Biscuit   Early-Middle issue (large & thick, range 8-14gm). 10.0gm, 26.8mm.     AVF   $ 35.00

  9.64a   Huo Quan: No rim: Chicken Eye   Similar in fabric to Eastern Wu and Western Jin issues (c. 222-317 AD) and probably belonging to this period according to R. Doo. 12.7mm, 0.447g     FD668-669v, S-nl, HG220/3   $ 40.00

  9.70B   Bu Quan   Dashes at lower corners inner rim obverse, and open "bubble" above center rim.     EF-UC, light soil   $ 40.00

  5002   Charm: Da Quan Wu Shi   Rev: ?, Turtle?, Constellation, Branch?, 24.95mm, 3.15gm. Ca. Yuan Dynasty. Actual charms of the Wang Mang era are extremely rare. A similar piece (also Yuan-era) recently brought $600+18% in Steve Album sale #21, Lot 753, while two similar pieces on Chinese auctions failed to reach estimates in the $1000-2000 range.     VF   $ 550.00

  5005   Charm: Da Quan Wu Shi   Rev: Turtle, Constellation, Snake, Sword, 17.4mm, 2.15gm. Ca. Yuan Dynasty. Actual charms of the Wang Mang era are extremely rare. A larger piece (also Yuan-era) recently brought $600+18% in Steve Album sale #21, Lot 753.    

AEF   $ 250.00.