Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 40

NORTHERN SONG: Qing Li, 1041-1048, AE 10 cash (7.34g), H-16.124, a possible mu qian (mother coin) as the quality of manufacture is far above average,

NORTHERN SONG: Da Guan, 1107-1110, AE 10 cash (17.31g), H-16.426, Slender Golden script, EF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-197

NORTHERN SONG: LOT of 50 coins of Xi Ning (1071-1077) in regular script, xi ning zhong bao, including many calligraphic varieties, all quite attractiv

NORTHERN SONG: LOT of 6 Chong Ning (1102-06) 10 cash coins in slender golden script, H-16.399/401 for type, an attractive mix of these large bronze co

SOUTHERN SONG: Shao Xing, 1131-1162, AE cash (3.31g), H-17.35, seal script, scarce denomination for reign title, lovely patina! EF, RR.

SOUTHERN SONG: Shao Xing, 1131-1162, AE cash (3.46g), H-17.42, orthodox script, scarce denomination for reign title, lovely patina! EF, RR.

SOUTHERN SONG: Duan Ping, 1234-1236, AE 5 cash (11.67g), H-17.741, long bao variety, VF.

LIAO: Tong He, 983-1011, AE cash (4.53g), H-18.08, reverse slip cast error, very rare reign title! F-VF, RRR.

LIAO: Chong Xi, 1032-1055, AE cash (2.81g), H-18.11, Fine.

LIAO: Da Kang, 1075-1084, AE amuletic multiple cash (15.64g), Zeno-16078 (this piece), da kang yuan bao, bold calligraphy, pierced twice (for attachme

LIAO: Da An, 1085-1094, AE cash (2.71g), H-18.18, long character an variety, this is the rarer of the two varieties, F-VF.

LIAO: Tian Qing, 1111-1120, AE cash (2.01g), H-18.23, small character bao in legend variety, slip cast error on reverse, F-VF.

LIAO: Tian Qing, 1111-1120, AE amuletic multiple cash (20.74g), Zeno-16075 (this piece), tian qing yuan bao, bold VF, ex Shèngbidébao

JIN: Da Ding, 1178-1189, iron cash (3.85g), H-18.56, protrusions from the corners of the reverse central hole, VF, S.

JIN: Da Ding, 1178-1189, AE cash (4.02g), H-18.56s, protrusions from the corners of the reverse central hole, tie mu "iron mother", a copp...

JIN: Tai He, 1204-1209, AE 10 cash (17.17g), H-18.63, seal script, light tooling in reverse fields, faint flan crack, VF, ex Jiùjinshan Collec

JIN: Tai He, 1204-1209, AE 10 cash (14.71g), H-18.63, 44mm, seal script, harshly tooled surfaces, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson

JIN: AE mirror (64.78g), 72mm, two fish swimming around center, wave patterns in field, remnant of mount on reverse near edge, discovered in Central A

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash (19.64g), H-19.46, ta üen tong baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script (da yuan tong bao in Chinese), VF. K

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash (18.06g), H-19.46, ta üen tong baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script (da yuan tong bao in Chinese), Fine, ex ...

YUAN: Zhi Zheng, 1341-1368, AE 3 cash (10.22g), CD1354, H-19.107, Mongolian 'Phags-pa u for Chinese cyclical date jia wu above on reverse, VF, e...

YUAN: brass mirror (286.63g), 112mm, cast in pale bronze, yi tong wei jing ke zheng yi guan ("using brass as a mirror, one can adjust one's...

YUAN: AE seal (19.59g), 39mm, bronze seal or small mirror with five seal script characters, attribution tentative, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection.

MING: Da Zhong, 1361-1368, AE 3 cash, H-20.23, light encrustation, superb quality! VF-EF, ex Dr. Axel Wahlstedt Collection.

MING: Hong Wu, 1368-1398, AE 10 cash (32.44g), H-20.111, 46mm, shi (ten) above, yi liang at right on reverse, VF.

MING: Hong Zhi, 1488-1505, AE cash (4.79g), H-20.127, tai guan tong bao, crude Fine. During the Hongzhi period from 1488 until 1505 some Tribal Comm

MING: Hong Zhi, 1488-1505, AE cash (6.01g), H-—, tai ding tong bao, crude Fine. During the Hongzhi period from 1488 until 1505 some Tribal

MING: Hong Zhi, 1488-1505, AE cash (6.81g), H-—, tai ping tong bao, unpublished type, crude Fine. During the Hongzhi period from 1488 until

MING: Hong Zhi, 1488-1505, AE cash (4.54g), H-—, tai ping tong bao, unpublished type, crude Fine. During the Hongzhi period from 1488 until

MING: Hong Zhi, 1488-1505, AE cash (4.08g), H-—, tai ping tong bao, very barbarous calligraphy, unpublished type, crude Fine. During the Ho

MING: Tian Qi, 1621-1627, AE 10 cash (31.63g), H-20.229, 47mm, shi (ten) at top, yi liang (one tael) at right on reverse, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Collec

MING: Chong Zhen, 1628-1644, AE 2 cash (8.49g), H-20.243, er (two) at right on reverse, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-1971

MING: bronze mirror (204g), 108mm, rénwù duobâo-type, attributed to the reign of Jiajing Emperor (1522-1567), sycee-shaped but

NAN MING: Yong Li, 1651-1670, AE cash (6.21g), H-21.81, FD-2129, seal script, F-VF. This type is attributed to Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong), the Chines

NAN MING: LOT of 7 coins of Yong Li (1646-1659), including 5 cash (wu li) coins H-21.74 (1), H-21.75 (2), 10 cash (yi fen) coins H-21.79 (3), H-21.80

NAN MING: LOT of 19 coins of Xing Chao (1648-1657), 5 cash (wu li) coins of H-21.11 closed head tong type, better than average quality but all with co

NAN MING: LOT of 10 coins of Xing Chao (1648-1657), 5 cash (wu li) coins of H-21.12 open head tong type, better than average quality but all with corr

QING: Tian Ming, 1616-1625, AE cash (5.61g), H-22.4, with his regnal name tian ming in Chinese script, one dot tong variety, VF, ex Karl Adolphson Col

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (69.07g), H-22.703, 54mm, South branch mint, cast 1853-54, brass (huáng tóng) color, VF, ex Kar

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (64.53g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.703, 56mm, South branch mint, cast 1853-54, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (55.93g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.704, 56mm, North branch mint, cast 1853-54, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (45.39g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.707, 48mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng t

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (38.73g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.707, 46mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng t

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (55.61g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.707, 49mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (46.79g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.710, 53mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (45.01g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.708, 48mm, East branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (45.34g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.708, 50mm, East branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash (46.43g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.710, 52mm, West branch mint, cast 1854-55, brass (huáng

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 1000 cash (71.27g), Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.721, 60mm, Prince Qing Hui mint, sun & moon mintmark, cas...

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, iron 10 cash (17.12g), Board of Revenue mint, Pingding, H-22.741, cast 1855-59, VF. In 1855, another mint branch under t