CHINA, coins of the Tatars and Mongols.
    The Tatars started out as pastoral nomads who lived in what has become Manchuria and eastern Siberia.  Beginning in the 10th century AD some of them coalesced politically into bureaucratic states organized on the Chinese imperial model.  One of these states, Jin ("gold"), expanded to such an extant as to force the Chinese Song to abandon their northern capital.
    The Mongols hired local bureaucrats to administer their holdings and ran an efficient empire based on expropriation of their subjects' goods.  Their problem was that they had no orderly succession, so their realm dissolved in civil wars.  This has been the normal progression of human political organization throughout history.

CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qing Ning Tong Bao, 1055-64,1 cash, H18.12, S-1066, F $58.00 sold 1/5/2011
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qing Ning Tong Bao, 1055-64, 1 cash, H18.12, S-1066, FD-1622, F+ $71.00 sold 9/13/2007
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Xian Yong Tong Bao, 1065-74, 1 cash, H18.14, S-1067, VG $75.00 sold 1/5/2011
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273-148. CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Xian Yong Tong Bao, 1065-74, 1065-74, 1 cash, H18.14, S-1067, nice F $85.00 sold
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274-106. CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da Kang Tong Bao, 1074-82, 1 cash, H18.16, S-1069, aVF $95.00 sold
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275-92. CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da Kang Tong Bao, 1074-82, 1 cash, H18.16, S-1069, VG-F $53.00 sold 1/5/2011
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da Kang Tong Bao, 1074-82, 1 cash, H18.16, S-1068, FD-1625, VG $55.00 sold 9/12/2008
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da Kang Tong Bao, 1074-82, 1 cash, H18.16, S-1069, VG $55.00 sold 9/12/2008
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277-157. CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da An Yuan Bao, 1083-91, 1 cash, H18.17, S-1070v, slightly flowery hole, nice obv., F $36.00 sold
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da An Yuan Bao, 1083-91, 1 cash, H18.17, S-1070v, short An, VF $52.00 sold 5/28/2008
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Da An Yuan Bao, 1083-91, 1 cash, H18.17, S-1070v, FD-1626, aF $35.00 sold
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Shou Chang Yuan Bao, 1095-1100, 1 cash, H18.19, S-1072, left hook Yuan, F $55.00 sold 1/5/2011
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Shou Chang Yuan Bao, 1095-1100,1 cash, H18.19, S-1072, flaw, VG $35.00 sold 1/5/2011
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b) CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Shou Chang Yuan Bao, 1095-1100, 1 cash, H18.19, S-1072, FD-1628  left hook Yuan, F $55.00 sold 9/13/2007
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qian Tong Yuan Bao, 1101-10, 1 cash, H18.21, S-1073, VG $45.00 sold 1/5/2011
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qian Tong Yuan Bao, 1101-10, 1 cash, H18.21, S-1073, FD-1629, diamond hole, F $65.00 sold
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277-158. CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qian Tong Yuan Bao, 1101-10, 1 cash, H18.21, S-1073, slightly off center rev., nice F $67.00 sold 1/5/2011
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Qian Tong Yuan Bao, 1101-10, 1 cash, S-1073, FD-1629, VG $67.00 sold
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CHINA, LIAO Dynasty, 907-1125, Tian Qing Yuan Bao, 1111-20, 1 cash, H18.22, S-1074v, diamond hole, VF $130.00 sold 9/13/2007
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273-147. CHINA, JIN Dynasty, 1115-1260, Da Ting Tong Bao, 1161-89, 1 cash, H18.48, S-1090, Ji You cyclic year (1189), You bottom rev., XF $60.00 sold 1/22/2013
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CHINA, JIN Dynasty, 1115-1260, Huang Jian Yuan Bao, 1206-11, 1 cash, H18.108, S-1081, aF $85.00 sold
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Da Tong Bao, 1308-11, 1 cash, H19.39, S-1098, VF $75.00 sold 7/2/2011
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275-94. CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Da Tong Bao, 1308-11, 1 cash, H19.39, S-1098, F $45.00 sold
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276-153. CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Da Yuan Tong Bao, 1310, 10 cash, H19.46, S-1099, VF $65.00 sold 3/11/2010
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Da Yuan Tong Bao, 1310, 10 cash, H19.46, S-1099, F $53.00 sold 3/18/2009
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    People ask me about coins of Kubilai Khan.  Very rare.  Never had one.  I will attempt to obtain for the person who gives me a deposit of $1000.00.  These large coins with Mongol script are the most common coins of the Mongols in China at this time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

273-155. CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Da Yuan Tong Bao, 1310, 10 cash, H19.46, S-1099, 44mm, 25.5g, F $53.00 sold
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273-157. CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Da Yuan Tong Bao, 1310, 10 cash, H19.46, S-1099, 40mm, 17.6g, very narrow rims, maybe contemporary counterfeit, VG $35.00 sold
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273-158. CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Zheng Tong Bao, 1341-67, 1 cash, H19.94, S-1103, Mongol Mao rev., (1351), F $45.00 sold 3/11/2010
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Zheng Tong Bao, 1341-67, 1 cash, H19.94, S-1103, FD-1786, Mongol Mao rev., (1351), nice F+ $85.00 sold
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Zheng Tong Bao, 1341-67, 2 cash, H19.108, S-1109, Mongol 2, VG $46.00 sold
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273-161. 5 10 cash, H19.109, S-1110, Mongol & Chinese "3" rev., F $80.00 sold
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1260-1368, Zhi Zheng Tong Bao, 1341-67, 10 cash, H19.115, S-1111, Mongol 10 rev., aVF $110.00 sold 5/22/2008
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CHINA, YUAN Dynasty, 1280-1368, Zhi Zheng Tong Bao, 1341-67, 10 cash, H19.115, S-1111, Mongol "10" rev., VG $78.00 sold
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273-162. CHINA, YUAN rebel, Tian Ding Tong Bao, 1359-60, 1 cash,  H19.142, S-1122,
nice VG $95.00 sold
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267-150. CHINA, YUAN rebel, Da Yi Tong Bao, 1360-61, 3 cash, H19.147, S-1121, aF $245.00 sold 1/5/2011
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