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Auction 45  26-29 Jan 2023
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Lot 1147

Starting price: 170 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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QING: Kang Xi, 1662-1722, AE charm (5.32g), Taiwan Province, tai in Manchu and tai in Chinese on the reverse, "poem cash" type, VF, ex K.K. Lee Collection, in old American Missionary Church Tithe & Offering Envelope dated July 7, 1929. This is part of the "poem cash" (shi qian) series. The original series was cast during the reign of Kang Xi with a single Chinese character on the right and single Manchu character on the left on the reverse representing the mint name. The complete set of all 20 coins 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." Likely cast in the early Qing dynasty.

Estimate: 200-300 USD
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