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I'd assume the "37" is a typo. It should have the same specifications as the others in the series. (View Post)

These are (mostly) ten cash (or 1 cent) coins from China, both the late Imperial and early Republic periods. There are some scarce varieties in the 10 cash series, but we'd need better pictures … (View Post)

The top pic is indeed an imitation of a "ban liang", a very early round-coin-with-a-square-hole made by the first emperor of China 2200 years ago. Wikipedia. Genuine ban liang are uniface, … (View Post)

That's a bit harsh. I would modify this statement to "If you want to be a numismatist, you need to be able to grade coins". There is a difference between being a "numismatist"… (View Post)

Some of the ancients are definitely replicas, visible even from this zoomed-out picture: 3 down 4 across: a "tourist copy" of a silver tetradrachm of Antiochus IV. 3 down 5 across: looks li… (View Post)