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Auction 23  10-12 September 2015
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Lot 983

Starting price: 60 USD
Price realized: 220 USD
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QING: Guang Xu, 1875-1908, AE charm, Changsha mint, Hunan Province, CCH-361var, nan in Chinese & Manchu on reverse, smooth rim casting, VF, R, ex Jiùjinshan Collection. Zheng Yiwei and Chen Tielong in their book, Classic Chinese Charms, mention this type was cast in Sichuan Province. This is part of a 'poem cash' series. The original series was cast during the reign of Kang Xi and the 20 cash coin mints are always placed in the following order to create the poem, "Tóng fú lín dong jiang xuan yuán su jì chang nán níng hé guang zhè tái guì shan yún zhang."

Estimate: 75- 100 USD
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