Help With These Coins | Replica/Fantasy Chinese Dollars

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slcutguy New Member United States 39 Posts	Posted 12/04/2011 10:43 pm I need some help with these coins. They are all non magnetic and weigh from 23.7g to 25.3g Were these Souvenir coins? They all seem to have good edges and reeding and nice details. Any help is greatly appreciated. Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 12:14 am the image of each coin is very small. Can you post large pictures, perhaps each coin individually? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 12:15 am Perhaps if you scan them two at a time, the images may be larger. At least the annotation on the holders could be read to give more of a clue. They may be all or part of a commercial promotional token or medal series. Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 12:26 am Some of them look to be from a series of medallions featuring Chinese rulers through history. The set produced for souvenir purposes. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 02:42 am Yep, they're all Chinese fantasy dollars depicting the old Qing Dynasty emperors or figures from Chinese mythology, not official coins. They almost certainly aren't made of silver. Typical going price is $2 each. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
slcutguy New Member United States 39 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 11:34 am Thanks for all your input. I did scan 2 of them so you might get a closer look. Thanks again Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/06/2011 12:52 am The larger pictures confirm Sap's opinions. Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 12/06/2011 5:20 pm But they probably are real silver... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 12/06/2011 9:11 pm Why would you say that, 10xloupe? We've seen plenty of these on the forum before; none of them have ever been made of real silver. This thread has one of the "myths and heroes" types; this thread has another one; this thread has a couple of sets of the "emperor" types. The coins in this thread all have the yellowish hue typical of Chinese base-metal fantasy dollars. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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