Kirin Dragon Dollar 1902 And 50 Cent Same Period Silver

Where's your link ? Or show us side by side pictures.

There are so many differences when compared to your coin and NGC pictures, the denticles, lettering are all different.

Maybe you can't read Chinese so you can't tell, but it looks different. Gxseries mentioned there are varieties, it's possible but we'll need to compare images.

I have my reservation - you are dealing with potentially very expensive coins and I think it's fair to say that many people do have their concerns and more obviously out of their expertise. At the moment I am not confident to say that they are genuine from the information provided. Yes, I heard lots of stories that it is from their grandparent collection etc but that should not be used as part of judgement.

The real problem is not about maximizing the value of the coins but how to sell it. Sure you might look at the auction prices and some might have sold for very high amount. However there are likely to be auction house fees, grading fees, shipping fees, import / export tax etc and then payment transaction fees.

The problem does not just end there - there's no way to say that if you are doing this by private that you might end up getting ripped off. Some nasty experience that I had were a couple of buyers from China claiming that they have not received the items despite shipping by registered mail. Needless to say I had to refund them at my loss.

If it is indeed proven to be genuine (which I hope to be), I wish you all the best luck. Perhaps it may not hurt to hold onto them - Chinese coin prices have been climbing up and yours is in excellent condition.

gxseries I have experienced similar situations but with US buyers, idiots are everywhere.

Hey that is great news! Thx for following up on this thread.

They will be on stacks & bowers in september, I will post a link then.

At that price level, it would be ethical to have them independently authenticated by a specialist professional.
Beware - increasingly excellent fakes are about, and are selling into both the American and growing home Chinese numismatic markets.

I have seen cases in the past (with house and car dealing), where dumb honesty can come back to bite you.

My opinion, for what it is worth, is that they are OK, but not interested to buy without authentication.

I have a few Chinese provincial Dollars but
they were bought in the $US15-$30 price range, more than 20 years ago. At that lower price range, authentication was not a big issue for me, and cost of authentication not justifiable. Fakes were more obvious at that time.

I have a specialist book reference:
"Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins",
by Lin Gwo Ming, Publ. Taisei Stamps Coins (HK) Ltd.,
~ 200 illustrations, Chinese & parallel English text.

Some of the rarest Chinese provincial silver Dollars are listed in the $HK thousands, (in Unc), in this publication.

As promised:
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...xu-ngc-ms-64
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...xu-ngc-ms-62