World Silver & Bronze (A - China)
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Lot 2053 SESSION 7 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL) World Silver & Bronze (A - China)
Estimate $200
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CHINA, bronze moulds 54x85mm, 44x80mm, 58x78mm for three individual coins a) 500 cash Wang Mang key knife coin; b) uncertain period, "Ch'in" series, double dragon head type, odd shaped medium of exchange and also known 'bridge money'; c) Southern Song Dynasty, copper tally, current in Lin An prefecture, with value two hundred cash, (1260-1264),(Coin type see single examples in this sale). Fine - very fine.
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