CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 618-c. 900 AD, S-313, FD-672,
-this coin, XF $8.00 sold
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-similar, unpictured XF $5.00
-VF $3.50
-F $2.75
-VG $1.75
Begun in the first years of the dynasty, these coins set the style for cash coins until the 20th century.  The basic Tang coin, cast for most of three centuries, the Kai Yuans are extremely common and exist in numerous varieties.  The pictured specimen has a "soft left hook" to the crossbar of character "Yuan," and is very well made.

CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao in silver, 1 cash, S-313v, FD-672v, soft left hook Yuan, aG $85.00 sold
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 618-c. 900 AD, iron 1 cash, H14.10, S-406, VG $65.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao in lead, 1 cash, S-nl, 19mm, F $30.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Qian Feng Quan Bao, 650-83, 1 cash, H14.100, S-350, FD-685, XF $185.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Qian Yuan Zhong Bao, 756-62, 2 cash, H14.101, S-352, XF $48.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Qian Yuan Zhong Bao, 756-62, 1 cash, S-nl, FD-688v, cloud with right pointing tail bottom rev., F $91.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Qian Yuan Zhong Bao, 756-62, 1 cash, S-nl, FD-689, sparrow L on bottom rev., F $250.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Da Li Yuan Bao, 766-79, 1 cash, H14.130, S-nl, FD-703, cast by Tang garrison beseiged by the Tufan Tibetans, crude VG, 2 specimens @ $70.00 each "a" sold
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Da Li Yuan Bao, 766-79,766-79, 1 cash, H14.130, S-nl, FD-703, VG+ $75.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Jian Zhong Tong Bao, 780-83, 1 cash, H14.133, S-nl, FD-704, another military coin, scratches, VG+ $92.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Jian Zhong Tong Bao, 780-83, 1 cash, S-nl, FD-704, another specimen, G $75.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Yuan, 8th c. AD, 1 cash, H14.132A, cast by Chinese military in Xinjiang, F $92.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Yuan, 1 cash, H14.132A, cast by Chinese military in Xinjiang, small cud obv. from impression of another coin in the mold, F $130.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Yuan, 1 cash, H14.132A, cast by Chinese military in Xinjiang, VG $125.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Yuan, 1 cash, H14.132A, cast by Chinese military in Xinjiang, VG $65.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Zhong, 780-83, 1 cash, H14.134, cast by Chinese military stationed in Xinjiang, F $145.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 841-46, 2 cash, S-nl, FD-706, 30mm, 6.8g, F $400.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 841-46, 1 cash, S-401, FD-732, Guang (Guangzhou) right, F+ $31.00
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CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 841-46, 1 cash, H14.51, S-404, FD-740, Dan (Danzhou, Shensi), F+ $73.00
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