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windweaver77 Valued Member United States 174 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 10:53 am I found it!!! Well the design. It's based on the 5 fen!!! https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces241753.html Report this Post to the Staff
windweaver77 Valued Member United States 174 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 11:08 am Thanks for the help guys... this example I have is not silver( if the ring test is conclusive), as I had thought. It is patterned after the 5 fen. Edited by windweaver77 03/19/2022 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7645 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 1:13 pm I leaning more and more to it being a recent replica/fantasy piece with origins in China. The toning around the devices is synonymous to other replica pieces that have a similar appearance. If it were a genuine coin it would be in a catalog —- somewhere! At least you didn't have to pay for it! (Unless of course the other coin you bought turns out to be counterfeit!) Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 4:43 pm I still think it's a great piece / wonderful find if you collect non-genuine Chinese coins. Just how did you come across it? Apparently you bought a coin(s) on some online source and the seller just included this piece? Wish I was lucky like that. I have to search for mine and apparently there's some out there just to be had as freebies. Report this Post to the Staff
CurrencyLooker Valued Member Canada 122 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 4:59 pm I know for a fact that 10 cent fatmans were only minted in 1914 (year 3) and 1916 (year 5). Of which 1916's are rare and are worth a good chunk. Your 10 cent fatman is an actual design but on the wrong denomination. In 1914 there were plans to issue a 5 cent fatman made of nickel with that design but was never issued and only trial pieces exist today. I provided an image of what they look like below: Additionally no 1920 (year 9) or 1921 (year 10, which is the date of your piece) fatman 10 cents were ever produced even as trial pieces. I checked some amazing Chinese sources about Chinese coins and they all said the same thing. So your coin is definitely a fake and it is most likely a collector trap used to fool people. Edited by CurrencyLooker 03/19/2022 5:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 5:55 pm Maybe to trap or fool the unwary, unless someone has a hobby to collect and document such pieces. They are interesting to photograph, observe and measure. Then make binder pages illustrating what's right and wrong about them. I made one binder of Twenty Cent Pieces where every one of them was steel attracted to a magnet. Details were sharp, well defined and well made. Another binder was again Twenty Cent Pieces, but none of those were attracted to a magnet. They mostly imitated rare pieces as well as some being nonsense. Report this Post to the Staff
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