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blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 11/01/2007 10:11 am These Chinese coins I believe are from Tung Chih (1862-1874) but I wanted to ask about the reverses since I haven't seen one with the western years written like this. Also what is the "TS" that has been stamped on the other coin? image not working, for some reason the image adress isn't displaying correctly. It should be http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/...ecoins36.jpg with an "x d" (without the spaces) between the 3 and the 6 at the end of the adress so its 3 x d 6.jpg not 36.jpg Edited by blueczar1512 11/01/2007 10:20 am Report this Post to the Staff

gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3834 Posts	Posted 11/01/2007 10:30 am The left coin is a ridicious modern fantasy but the right one is a counterstamp by someone. I did remember somewhere that there was this guy who collected whole coins and decided to counterstamp his initials on his collection. The only thing is I don't know if it's the same guy that I am thinking of. Don't remember much about him My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 11/01/2007 6:17 pm would counterstamping them destroy their value or make them even more valuable? Report this Post to the Staff
Alf_coin Valued Member China 79 Posts	Posted 11/01/2007 9:20 pm http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/...coins36.jpg" border="0" style='cursor:default' onClick='doimage(this,event)'> Yes, surely the left is a cute modern craftwork Report this Post to the Staff
sakura Valued Member Malaysia 59 Posts	Posted 11/02/2007 7:47 pm The one on the left is definitely a fantasy piece, but the Chien Lung coin on the right doesn't look genuine either. Something's not right about the characters especially 'chien' and 'pao'; the character strokes are not distinct and look odd. A good replica of the original, in my opinion. I have no idea what "TS" is, 'Tourist souvenir' perhaps? Counterstamping would destroy a coin's value, unless it's done by governments to change its host coin's value or usage. Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 11/02/2007 9:18 pm Counterstamping does not destroy a coin's value. It can impair or enhance the value depending on the mark and the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Alf_coin Valued Member China 79 Posts	Posted 11/03/2007 02:10 am sakura? Are you from Nihon? Report this Post to the Staff
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