YOU ZHOU AUTONOMOUS REGION: Anonymous, 900-914, iron 100 cash (16.93g), H-15.162, yong an yi bai (perpetual peace, one hundred), an attractive example for type! Fine to VF, R, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. From 822, the You Zhou (within modern Hebei) area enjoyed virtual independence from the rest of the empire. At the end of the ninth century, the Regional Commandant of You Zhou was Liu Rengong, succeeded by his son Liu Shouguang from 911. The histories say that Liu Rengong minted iron coins. We have handled only a few of these rare types in iron and all were heavily encrusted.
FORMER SHU: Tong Zheng, 907-918, AE cash (2.51g), H-15.33, a rare type with crescent above and dot below on reverse, Fine, R, ex Adam Yeung Collection. Issued by Wang Jian, the founding emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state of ...
SOUTHERN TANG: Yong Tong, 943-961, iron 10 cash (12.18g), H-15.78A, yong tong quán huò (the Eternal circulation coin), lightly oxidized, VF, ex Shèngbidébao Collection. Li Jing was short of funds for his army at that time. His minister Zhong Mo obtaine ...
五代十国古钱一组44枚，包括：后汉汉元通宝2枚、后周周元通宝14枚，2枚背带星月前蜀天汉元宝3枚、光天元宝2枚、乾德元宝2枚南唐唐国通宝10枚，版别有异，大唐通宝1枚南汉乾亨重宝10枚，一般VG至VF。China: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, (907-979), group of 44 coins: Fi ...
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