Posted 07/01/2014 6:01 pm
Absolutely 100% fake, I'm afraid, though since the genuine thing never really existed, technically it's a "fantasy" rather than a "fake". The Chinese never made a silver coin denomination larger than a dollar. This one, on the Chinese-language side, claims to be a ten dollar coin. The English phrase at the bottom of the dragon-side, however, is supposed to be the weight - and this piece gives the weight of a 1 dollar coin. If a 10 dollar coin had ever existed, it would have said "72 mace" and would weigh around 270 grams.
Not trying to be offensive or anything but, well... you bought it, didn't you? So have a lot of other people, attracted by a big, bright shiny thing they don't know anything about. That's mission accomplished, as far as the manufacturers of these fantasies are concerned.
Is it silver? Almost certainly not. The people who sell these things know exactly what they are selling, and aren't going to sell something that's supposed to weigh 7 ounces of silver for $20. I've never seen a "fantasy" Chinese dollar or multiple-dollar made of silver.
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Why would anyone make such an obvious fake?
Why would anyone make such an obvious fake?
Not trying to be offensive or anything but, well... you bought it, didn't you? So have a lot of other people, attracted by a big, bright shiny thing they don't know anything about. That's mission accomplished, as far as the manufacturers of these fantasies are concerned.
Is it silver? Almost certainly not. The people who sell these things know exactly what they are selling, and aren't going to sell something that's supposed to weigh 7 ounces of silver for $20. I've never seen a "fantasy" Chinese dollar or multiple-dollar made of silver.
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
