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China: Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE), coin-shaped charm with circular hole, obverse inscribed 'Zheng he tong bao', reverse inscribed 'Tai ping xiao da', 22.3*1.4mm, 4.5g, Zhong Qian 65, labelled as Yuan Dynasty. Note: This charm is extremely rare, with only three known specimens so far, including this one. While its exact use or function remains unknown, this charm is one of the most noted in Chinese coinage. It is first recorded and published in Gu quan hui authored by Li Zuoxian and first published in the third year of Tong Zhi Reign (1864 CE). In Volume II of Book Zhen, Li includes the rubbing of the same type inscribed Zheng he tong bao on the obverse and Tai ping xiao da on the reverse. The same page includes a variation inscribed Tai ping xiao da on the obverse and Wang on the reverse. See Figure blow. The next known specimen of the same charm was in the collection of Zhang Shuxun, the biggest collector of Chinese coins in Shanghai during the Republican Period. Zhang left Shanghai for the United States in 1948 and took his favouriate coins with him, including Tai ping xiao da. After his death, his wife sold the coins in 1950 to J.T. Tai, who sold them on to Arthur Sackler. The pieces remained in the custody of J. T. Tai & Company Foundation, Inc. until 2015 when Arthur Sackler's daughter, Elizabeth Sackler took claim. These coins, including the Tai ping xiao da, are now in her collection. See article written by Zhou Bian entitled "The Whereabouts of the coins in the collection of Zhang Shuxun, pp 29-34, in The Journal of East Asian Numismatics, Special Taiwan Edition, Volume 3, 2022..

Estimate: 10000 - 30000