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Auction 24  14-16 January 2016
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Lot 761

Starting price: 800 USD
Price realized: 2800 USD
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XIN: Wang Mang, AD 7-23, AE 700 cash (12.21g), H-9.26, zhuang bu qi bai (adult spade, [value] seven hundred), part of the "Ten Spades" series cast from AD 10-14, EF, RRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection. Wang Mang was a nephew of the Dowager Empress Wang, and during his time as her regent he usurped the throne, and founded the Xin Dynasty. He introduced a number of currency reforms which met with varying degrees of success. During the third reform, in AD 10, Wang Mang issued the "Ten Spades" series and according to the History of Han: "The people became bewildered and confused, and these coins did not circulate. They secretly used Wu Zhu coins for their purchases."

Estimate: 1,000-1,200 USD
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