1 Mace And 44 Candareens China Silver Kwang-Tung Province CO

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acan451 Valued Member Canada 138 Posts	Posted 07/29/2012 12:45 pm Hi Everyone I just bought these beautiful coins from a good friend on the weekend. They are just amazing looking coins and I will be doing research on them today. I do know they are .800 silver size of a U.S. quarter, and minted between 1890 & 1906 They call them Chinese 20 cents, I just wanted to share them with you all. If anyone has any info please let me know. All the Best Alan Edited by acan451 07/29/2012 7:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 07/29/2012 9:37 pm It's "4.4 candareens", not 44. It's the weight of the coin, rather than the denomination. The Chinese weight system used on the coins was decimal-based: there were 10 candareens to the mace, 10 mace to the tael. 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
coinsnpaper Valued Member Canada 480 Posts	Posted 07/30/2012 11:34 am The right illustration is upside down. They look nice. I can remember coin dealers from the 1960's using these as quarters in Seattle parking meters, as they were so common. (Before the price of silver went up so high courtesy of the Hunt Brothers). Report this Post to the Staff
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