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Unfamiliar Chinese Mintmark

 
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 Posted 09/16/2023  9:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This mint mark is likely Boo-ning, but in a different style?
It's from the modern period 1905 and not found in earlier or older catalogs of Manchu mint marks.
Does anyone know of any catalog, PDF or book that shows these modern struck mint marks?
Maybe a page or so, a special array with illustrations and a legend to the location?
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09/17/2023 1:31 pm
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 Posted 09/17/2023  10:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add joewobblie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like Y# 135.4 to me - I am looking at Krause.
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 Posted 09/18/2023  5:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add joewobblie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Regarding a publication I have the Concise Catalogue of Modern Chinese Copper Coins, 2nd Edition. I find it hard to use but it does have good pictures.

Below is a description - you can find it a few places - I went through this excellent site and seller - https://coincoin.com/

"Concise Catalogue of Modern Chinese Copper Coins (2nd Ed.) This Western-friendly Chinese coppers catalog features excellent, slightly-enlarged photos and Woodward references for many varieties. The level of varieties distinguished is well beyond KM/SCWC but not quite as fine as Woodward, Duan, and various other Chinese works. Numerous enlarged detail panels help distinguish varieties, important given lack of clear descriptions and decent photos in the KM/SCWC. Unique numbering system, Renminbi valuations in five grades, Chinese text. Western auctions often references this work ("CL") and in working up a huge stock I found it, along with Woodward, to be the most practical reference for Western collectors. The larger-format 2018 2nd edition adds a few types with "a" numbers, many more detail insets, and completely revised pricing. A quick takeaway on the pricing changes since 2012 is the greater separation between grades (particularly in the EF-MS60 range), reflecting the maturing of the market. Hardcover, higher list price, and new difficulties importing Chinese books to the US contribute to the higher cost. 294p, 7.5x10", hc, 2018"
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 Posted 09/18/2023  5:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes I know Scott and I have the same book.
You are right.
We've done good business and I look forward to doing even more as I expand and learn more about my present modern Chinese cash coin project.
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