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  1.    JKK reacted to a post in a topic: Chinese Cast Coin 5 identify
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    Something clicked today but it wouldn't have without your guidance. When I first looked through online sources I could not make heads or tails out of anything. Now with some basic understanding of it, I am starting to at least begin to correctly research. Thank You
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    This is greatly encrusted with marine growth but now that I have it oriented correctly - appears to be S545 Seal -script YUAN-FENG, AD 1078-1085 S-545-550. Bronze 1 cash. Obverse: "YUAN-FENG T'UNG-PAO" in seal, orthodox and grass scripts. see: http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china5.htm
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    I think I have found this to be: Emperor SHENG TSU AD 1662-1722 with the reverse indicating: S-1422, "BOO YUWAN" (Board of Works mint). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-yuan or "The Source of all Currency". http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#kang hsi
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    See S565-8 http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china5.htm
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    If it is the coin I believe it is - reverse is blank. Even looking at the actual coin with magnification - I can see what you are referring to, but unsure if it might just be discoloration or build up from centuries on the ocean floor?
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    Yes, looking at the coin if the trade character is on the right then the "Boo" character on reverse should be on the left. I am correcting it now.
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    I am almost certain that this is YUAN-YU T'UNG-PAO / Emperor Che Tsung AD 1086-1100 / Reign Title: YUAN-YU, AD 1086-1093 / Bronze 1 Cash in Seal -script. Thoughts?
  12.    osborne311 reacted to a post in a topic: Identified: Yuan Feng tong bao
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    Finally a break from work for a bit today and plan to dive back in.
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    I re oriented. Do you think both sides are correct now?
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    Thoughts on this being 16.269 / 1086-93 / Yuan You tong bao / Emperor Zhe Zong? The size is wrong but the characters seem a good match?
  17.    osborne311 reacted to a post in a topic: Identified: Yuan Feng tong bao
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    Thank You! I definitely plan to reverse engineer your finding once I get that book (ordered) and learn how you are researching. Never thought there was much value in these but wanted to know what they are other than just an old coin. This make sense as the coins were mixed from multiple dive sites but more than a few of those dive sites were Song dynasty with a lot of porcelain coming up as well.
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    Re oriented coin as suggested and corrected measurement. Thank You
  23. osborne311
    I re oriented the coin as suggested and corrected the measurement. Thank You
  24. osborne311
    I re oriented the coin as suggested and corrected the measurement. Thank You
  25.    osborne311 reacted to a post in a topic: Identified: Yuan Feng tong bao
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    10 grams and 30mm diameter. Guessing at the orientation. Chinese wreck off coast of Indonesia.