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Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 164 Posts	Posted 09/15/2024 6:48 pm Hi, m8s! My question is about the nail mark on reverse. Is it a variety or a casting defect? I can't find this variety at Hartill. Unfortunately I have no more literature for ancient Chinese coins. This coin is: 1 Cash - Huang Song tong bao - ND (1039-54) - The Northern Song Dynasty - Emperor Ren Zong Reference Hartill# 16.94 Bronze Diameter 25 mm Weight 3 g Report this Post to the Staff

Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 164 Posts	Posted 09/16/2024 4:06 pm It looks like my coin is not the only one. Here is one more coin with the same nail mark. https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=337140 Strange why Hartill haven't mentioned this variety in his book Report this Post to the Staff
Wandering Circle Valued Member Hong Kong 175 Posts	Posted 09/16/2024 4:43 pm According to Norman F. Gorny (2016, p.5): Another mark, though it is often erroneously called a crescent, is the nail mark, #30002;#25991; ji#257;wén. This looks like the mark of an actual finger nail. Nail marks are probably a type of control mark, but their appearance is sporadic and inconsistent and does not have varietal significance. Do not confuse the nail mark with the crescent. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edit...c=frontcover Report this Post to the Staff
Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 164 Posts	Posted 09/16/2024 5:23 pm Wandering Circle, thanks for your answer and a link. I got an answer to my question and info about another must have book Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1805 Posts	Posted 09/18/2024 3:28 pm I had to look on page 5 to refresh my memory of nail marks compared to crescents and other marks. So when a dealer I know had coins with nail marks I agreed to buy them for the photo album. I do wonder if nail marks are human fingers or just sloppy crescents? Why or how are they there? 'Poda have a crescent so some worker stuck his nail in instead? Report this Post to the Staff
Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 164 Posts	Posted 09/21/2024 4:41 pm I have measured on several coins and looks like really the human nail was used to make these nail marks :) Report this Post to the Staff
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