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China 1912 5 Cash Coin Real, Fake Or Variety ?

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szechuan 5 cash year 1 1912 23mm dia , 5.1 g appears to be made out of a nickel type metal not copper or bronze thanks for any help regards dave

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that screams fake to me.
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A cast charm. It does not resemble any genuine coin that I am aware of.
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look for a seam along the edge. If you can see a seam, even if it has been sanded or smoothed, you know it is a cast rather than struck item. It looks cast to me.
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looked at it in sunlight with a magnifying glass , no seam , has a milled edge and a lot more bronze colour in the sunlight, there was definitely a very similar coin produced in 1912,szechuan 5 cash year 1 type regards dave
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