Good Day Everyone, Can you please kindly help me in identifying this coin of its authenticity because l'm not an expert in Old Chinese coins although I know this is a Northern Song Dynasty because I've tried to search it in the site (www.gongbocoin.com ) provided in the coin slabbed but I'm not sure if it's a legitimate coin or a copy coin. Please Help me to identify this coin, Thank you.
The photo is not very good but looks like that could be Emperor Zhen Zong coin Jing De yuan bao, Hartill# 16.49. Anyway, it is not silver coin which are more likely counterfeited coins. If my identification is correct, material is bronze, as it looks like too. These Northern Song coins are not very expensive and thus not much counterfeited also. Value would be few euros only. Without that green stuff that coin would be very nice piece, excellent condition.
Verweis : "Ollisaarinen"The photo is not very good but looks like that could be Emperor Zhen Zong coin Jing De yuan bao, Hartill# 16.49. Anyway, it is not silver coin which are more likely counterfeited coins. If my identification is correct, material is bronze, as it looks like too. These Northern Song coins are not very expensive and thus not much counterfeited also. Value would be few euros only. Without that green stuff that coin would be very nice piece, excellent condition.
Yes indeed it is a Emperor Zhen Zong coin Jing De yuan bao 1 cash (1004-1007) but the thing is that concerns me is the patina of the coin specially the bluish color on the coin and since I'm not very familiar with old chinese I can't determine if this is a real Northern Song Dynasty coin.
Also I tried taking a much more clearer look of the coin.
Hi
I have some hundred Imperial coins and would just like to point out, that the characters are somewhat thick and fairly equal in size, thickness of writing doesn't feel natural, flat surfaces on letters are not corroded away - at least partially, Bao Tong are not like the most of the coins I have seen. I have a strange feeling about this one. But I may be wrong. Try searching the internet for multiple different sources and compare.
LP
Verweis : "Ollisaarinen"The photo is not very good but looks like that could be Emperor Zhen Zong coin Jing De yuan bao, Hartill# 16.49. Anyway, it is not silver coin which are more likely counterfeited coins. If my identification is correct, material is bronze, as it looks like too. These Northern Song coins are not very expensive and thus not much counterfeited also. Value would be few euros only. Without that green stuff that coin would be very nice piece, excellent condition.
Bluish rust resulted from chemical reaction with acidic soil (hence resulting Copper sulfide, which is in blue color), it is commonly found so no worries.
As cash coins has a history up to thousands of years, we (at least, as a Chinese collectors) believe that the corrosion and rusting is also part of the coin, which reflects when, how, or even where it was buried.
Cash coins collecting is a little bit different from normal collecting. At most time we persue highest condition like XF/UNC, but you will notice this rarely happens in cash collecting world.
The coin is not "knackered", try appreciating the rust as they were developed over long years.
