World Silver & Bronze
Lot 3049 World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $180
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SOLD $130
CHINA, Chou Dynasty, Late period, (350-221 B.C.), bronze small square shoulder square foot spade money, value one four character spade, Yu Ming [Coole] 'Yau Ming Shan chi' [Right Brilliant] issue, length 42mms, (Coole Vol.3 4279, p.379 [detailed account for the find of the first example of this coin in 1943 at Hopei], Not in Sch. or TFP, JMQB p.73). Light dirt adhering to green surface, otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare.
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