World Silver & Bronze
Lot 1764 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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CHINA, Hsin Dynasty, Wang Mang rebel, (A.D. 7-22), new knife money or key money of value 500, obv. Ch'i knife five hundred on obverse, plain reverse, 22.8 grams, 69mm., (Sch.116, TFP 454); Eastern Han Dynasty, cash, 25mm., Emperor Kuang Wu (A.D. 25-57), dash from each corner of the obverse square hole, (Sch.178a, TPF 511). First coin with much surface encrustation, fine and very rare, second extremely fine. (2)
A similar example of the key money was present in the Singapore Coin auction Sale 28, March 4, 1999 (lot 23).
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