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"Missing angle" Daqi Tongbao and "Four Eyes" Daqi Tongbao

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Southern Tang dynasty lord Xu Zhiyan (李昪) cast, Li Fu was Xu Wen's adopted son, so the name Xu Zhihuan, was once xu Wen as the King of Qi, Yang Wu Tianzuo 3 years (937 AD) Xu deposed Wu Rui Emperor to establish himself, the state name Daqi, cast the Great Qi Tongbao, only two pieces exist in the world. One piece is missing a corner in the upper right, which is called "Missing Angle Qi" in the numismatic circles, and the other coin has 4 small holes drilled in it, known as "Four Eyes Big Qi". The "Missing Horn Daqi" was hidden by Dai Xi, a famous Jiangnan scholar of the Qing Dynasty, and at that time, some people were willing to buy it at a high price, Dai could not bear to cut love, the Taiping Army invaded Hangzhou, Dai threw water and committed suicide, and buried the Great Qi Tongbao and other things deep in the ground before he died. In order to get this rare and genuine piece, later generations competed to buy a dai house, dug the ground several times, and finally found nothing. The "Four-Eyed Great Qi" was discovered in the 1920s by the spring scholars Dai Baoting and Zhu Kezhuang on the shuttlecock kicked by children in rural Poyang, Jiangxi Province. Although this Great Qi Tongbao did not lack horns, it was drilled out of four small holes because of its shuttlecock. Later, it was purchased by the famous collector Zhang Shu with heavy gold, and the secret room was hidden, never shown, and thus called himself "Qi Zhai", and his cherishing of the "Great Qi Tongbao" can be seen. The Great Qi TongBao is rare and precious. One of the "Fifty Treasures" of ancient Chinese money. The "Great Qi Tongbao" cast by Li Fu is slender and clear, neat and powerful. Wide rim. Flat back. The color is light yellow. It is about 22.5 mm in diameter, 0.8 mm in thickness and weighs about 3 grams.

"Missing angle" Daqi Tongbao and "Four Eyes" Daqi Tongbao
"Missing angle" Daqi Tongbao and "Four Eyes" Daqi Tongbao