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Auction 37  11-14 Jun 2020
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Lot 1371

Starting price: 170 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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CHU: Qian Feng, 925-951, iron 10 cash (25.85g), H-15.62, qian feng quán bao, tian above on reverse, a superb example for type! EF, R. According to the histories, because there was much lead and iron in Hunan, Ma Yin took the advice of his minister Gao Yu to cast lead and iron coins at Changsha in 925. One of these was worth ten copper cash, and their circulation was confined to Changsha. Merchants traded in these coins, to the benefit of the State.

Estimate: 200-300 USD
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