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WARRING STATES: State of Chu, 350-250 BC, AE spade money (33.77g). F-VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Ancient Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:700.00 - 1,000.00 USD
WARRING STATES: State of Chu, 350-250 BC, AE spade money (33.77g). F-VF
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This item SOLD at 2020 Sep 25 @ 09:35UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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WARRING STATES: State of Chu, 350-250 BC, AE spade money (33.77g), H-3.470, large flat-handle square-foot spade type, 38x100mm, pei bi dang jin on obverse, shi huo on reverse in archaic script, a much nicer than average example for this rare type! Fine to VF, R. The State of Chu was an ancient Chinese state in the Yangtze valley during the Zhou Dynasty. Originally Chu was considered a viscountcy, but starting from King Wu in the early 8th century BC, the rulers of Chu declared themselves kings on an equal footing with the Zhou rulers. Originally known as Jing and then as Jingchu, Chu occupied vast areas of land at its height, including most of the present-day provinces of Hubei and Hunan, along with parts of Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. The hao in the reverse inscription shi hao probably refers to ten ant nose type coins. These spades are thick and robust with well-developed rims all the way around, usually crudely cast with a large round hole in the top.