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curious1 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/26/2013 03:51 am I've been searching everywhere for a similar picture. Please help. I've already spent over 5 hours trying to find this. Thank You Report this Post to the Staff

mattkasmani New Member Singapore 25 Posts	Posted 05/26/2013 04:02 am Looks like a token Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 05/26/2013 06:10 am It is a silver tael, or sar, from the Chinese province of Sinkiang (Xinjiang), dated Year 6 of the Republic (AD 1917). However, I suspect this one is not genuine. While Sinkiang coins often have poor scriptwork, which one is even worse than normal. The pattern of tarnish is also the same as that commonly seen on modern Chinese fakes. You can find genuine examples of this coin in the zeno.ru database. 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
curious1 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/27/2013 07:06 am Thank you While the medallion was a gift from my uncle who contracted out for awhile to run the Chinese marketing for Ford in China for awhile in Shanghai, I noticed some differences that may help you identify these in the future. While the writing on the medallion in the first pic upside down is similar to the tael from Sinkiang there is a (like you say) terrible handwriting difference between the two. The upside down letter/word on medallion is distinctly different from any other tael I've seen on the net. Perhaps this is the mark of a replica. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this genuine; however, was thrown around among the family as an undercover joke that I ended up with. It wouldn't be the first time. Judging by the tarnish the missing x in that letter could be the giveaway that this medallion was made 30-40 years ago rather then 95. That is unless it was stored away somewhere. I think the missing \ is the giveaway though, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Thank you again. This helps a lot. Report this Post to the Staff
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