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Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 23  10-12 September 2015
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Lot 697

Starting price: 650 USD
Price realized: 1500 USD
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WESTERN XIA: Da An, 1074-1084, AE cash (3.87g), H-18.91, t-ha-h ray lee ndzen in Tangut script (da an bao qian in Chinese), attractive VF, RRR, ex Shèngbidébao Collection. The Tangut script (xi xià wén) was a logographic writing system, used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Dynasty. Tangut characters are similar in appearance to Chinese characters, with the same type of strokes, but the methods of forming characters in the Tangut writing system are significantly different from those of forming Chinese characters. There are only five coin types in Tangut script and all are very rare. A similar specimen sold at Stephen Album Auction 21 Lot 813 for $2200.

Estimate: 800- 1,000 USD
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