Lot 733 HSIN: Wang Mang, 7-23 AD, AE 39key money39 4018。86g41, H-9。13, qi dao wu bai 40knive, value five hundred41 in archaic script, crude Fine to VF, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection。 These knife coins are sometimes referred to as key coins, and are very well cast, although on the value 500 pieces, the characters on the ring handle are sometimes weak。 The edges are usually finished with slightly coarse file marks around the outside 40as this example has41, but with much finer file marks on the leading edge of the knife blade 40as if the knife had been sharpened41。 A similar example sold in Stack39s Bowers Ponterio Sale 165, Lot 20599, for 36600。