SOUTHERN HAN: Anonymous, 900-971, lead cash (2.7g), kai yuán tong bao, nán (south) above and er (two) below on reverse, graded 82 by GBCA Grading Company, VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. There is a great variety of these crude lead coins; some have crescents or other characters on the reverse. The kai character sometimes looks like yong. Characters and legends are often reversed because the incompetent engravers had not mastered the art of engraving in negative to make the molds. Some specimens have meaningless characters. A very interesting series.
