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| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 3828 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 154 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (3.2g), yong ping yuan bao, graded 78(05) by GBCA Grading Company, natural flan crack, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. These were part of a series of crude lead cash coins attributed to the Southern Han / Chu area cast circa 900-971 based on Tang Dynasty inscriptions. There is a very great variety of such coins; some have crescents on the reverse, others a variety of characters. The 'kai' character sometimes looks like the character 'yong.' The characters and legends often are reversed because the incompetent workmen had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. Estimate: 100-150 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 1440 Price realized: 425 USD (Approx. 364 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: WESTERN XIA: Da An, 1068-1086, AE cash (3.9g), H-18.91, t-ha-h ray lee ndzen in Tangut script (da an bao qian in Chinese), graded 78(05) by GBCA Grading Company, natural flan crack, F-VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. The Tangut script (xi xià wén) was a logographic writing system, used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Dynasty. Tangut characters are similar in appearance to Chinese characters, with the same type of strokes, but the methods of forming characters in the Tangut writing system are significantly different from those of forming Chinese characters. There are only five coin types in Tangut script and all are very rare. Estimate: 500-700 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 3822 Price realized: 90 USD (Approx. 77 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (2.6g), H-15.145, wu wu, graded 75(06) by GBCA Grading Company, artificial defect, F-VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. These were part of a series of crude lead cash coins attributed to the Southern Han / Chu area cast circa 900-971 based on Tang Dynasty inscriptions. There is a very great variety of such coins; some have crescents on the reverse, others a variety of characters. The 'kai' character sometimes looks like the character 'yong.' The characters and legends often are reversed because the incompetent workmen had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. Estimate: 100-150 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 3825 Price realized: 110 USD (Approx. 94 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (3.6g), H-15.148var, wu wu // jin si, graded 75 by GBCA Grading Company, F-VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. These were part of a series of crude lead cash coins attributed to the Southern Han / Chu area cast circa 900-971 based on Tang Dynasty inscriptions. There is a very great variety of such coins; some have crescents on the reverse, others a variety of characters. The 'kai' character sometimes looks like the character 'yong.' The characters and legends often are reversed because the incompetent workmen had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. Estimate: 100-150 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 3826 Price realized: 90 USD (Approx. 77 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (3.4g), H-15.148var, wu wu // jin san, graded 75 by GBCA Grading Company, F-VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. These were part of a series of crude lead cash coins attributed to the Southern Han / Chu area cast circa 900-971 based on Tang Dynasty inscriptions. There is a very great variety of such coins; some have crescents on the reverse, others a variety of characters. The 'kai' character sometimes looks like the character 'yong.' The characters and legends often are reversed because the incompetent workmen had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. Estimate: 100-150 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 55 | Auction date: 14 May 2026 |
| Lot number: 3834 Price realized: 90 USD (Approx. 77 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (2.7g), wu wu // bao gui, graded 75 by GBCA Grading Company, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. These were part of a series of crude lead cash coins attributed to the Southern Han / Chu area cast circa 900-971 based on Tang Dynasty inscriptions. There is a very great variety of such coins; some have crescents on the reverse, others a variety of characters. The 'kai' character sometimes looks like the character 'yong.' the characters and legends often are reversed because the incompetent workmen had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. Estimate: 100-150 USD |  |
