CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD,
    The bisquit Huo Quan: Wang Mang, floundering around in his efforts to make a "fair and honest" financial structure, kept changing the money.  The Huo Quan coins ("Q" = "ch" in Chinese Romanization) began to be counterfeited and debased almost immediately, but somewhere and for some reason big, heavy, extremely crude versions were also made.  Whether these were official or private, authorized or illicit is unknown.

CBHC-10) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 31mm, 30.03g, no center hole, F $36.00 sold
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CBHC-1) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 27.2g, 30mm, no characters visible, $9.00 sold 11/10/2009
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CBHC-2) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 22.9g, 29mm, no characters visible, $9.00 sold 12/9/2012

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273-57. CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, H9.60, 28mm, 19.4g, double center rim obv, crude but clear with nice green here & there, superior biscuit specimen, $71.00 sold 12/28/2009
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273-58. CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, H9.60, 26mm, 15g, big mold break above hole obv., nice clear VF $75.00 sold 12/21/2009
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CBHC-3) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 18.1g, 28mm, traces of characters, "G" $10.00
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271121. CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "biscuit" Huo Quan, H9.60, 17.7g, 28.4mm, high iron content, VF $63.00 sold 10/30/2012
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CBHC-4) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 15.3g, 28mm, traces of characters, "G" $10.00 sold 10/30/2012
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CBHC-5) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 15.8g, 27mm, trace of characters visible, "G" $49.00 sold 12/9/2012
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CBHC-6) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 11.3g, 26mm, VG $10.00 sold 8/18/2010
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CBHC-7) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 9.7g, 25mm, clear characters, big spur on one, aVF $21.00 sold
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CBHC-8) CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "bisquit" Huo Quan, 8.0g, 23mm, 1 clear character, F $15.00 sold 10/30/2012
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273-59. CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, "biscuit" Huo Quan, H9.60, 23mm ("normal" size), but 2.4mm = 2x thick, 6.3g, aVF $34.00 sold 8/9/2010
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273-56. CHINA, WANG MANG, 7-22 AD, Huo Quan, H9.44v, 24mm, 6.3g, lines from corners of home obv, weight & thickness make this a baby "biscuit," VG $30.00
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