1931 China (Kweichow) 10 Fen

New price and new URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1931-KWEICH...50886895245&

Let's make this an informational discussion.

First - what part of "guaranteed authentic" disqualifies this coin from being a real 1931 Kweichow/China 10 fen coin?

Second - kindly list each "misleading statement" that my dealer has made about this coin in the ebay listing so that I can address them with him. The only statement that I can see is not authentic is that the coin was checked by NGC at the Philadelphia show, as of course it was checked by NGC at their headquarters. I merely handed it over to NGC at the show.

Specifics, please. What exactly do I have here?

Considering that NGC did not return my grading fee, I am interpreting the descriptor above, plus the label returned with the coin, as NGC being unable to grade the coin but stating that it is authentic.

Am I right or wrong? And are you posting info from personal experience with grading services, particularly NGC, or are you simply interpreting NGC's finding differently than I am?

If the coin is NOT authentic, I'll have it pulled from the listing and eat the thing. If it is authentic, there are more than a few collectors out there who would be interested in it.

As you probably can tell, this is my first NGC-evaluated coin, having just joined ANA last month, spying the NGC booth at the World of Money in Philadelphia, and deciding to cough up the fee and find out once and for all if this potentially-valuable coin is worth something or just formed slag.

I, too, do not want to have to eat a coin, especially if a buyer didn't like it and returned it, and of course my dealer would not want an antimony lunch, either. And I appreciate your experience, now that you've stated your affiliation with NGC to show that you're not just tossing unfounded opinion into this forum. Thanks for that.

My dealer's return policy will protect all parties concerned, and what you've stated about NGC NOT bagging and rejecting the coin, plus them not returning my fee, gives me much more hope that this coin is 100% genuine than when I first spotted it. I have no expertise in judging this coin, but I hope that it goes to someone who appreciates its value in completing whatever set the collector is trying to assemble - coins of various metal compositions, 20th-century Chinese coins, 10-cash/fen/cent coins, whatever. As far as I'm concerned, the final price that it goes for will only define who wanted it the most, not how much money I can get out of it.

Until someone can definitively state that this coin is not genuine, then, I will continue to offer it for sale, via Buy-It-Now, highest offer, or unlimited auction. Whatever it takes for it to find a new home. And may the most deserving collector win!