to sort through 100's of coins without being too obvious? 
In a whole bunch of silver coins it will not catch everything. Just give you a way to look and not touch Ha! 
lots of samples 
Happy to send one to you. free 
for posting how well it works 
or not
in the field!
Posted 07/30/2014 07:24 am
Here's a word of advice - avoid them if you don't know what you are buying. There are some super counterfeits out there where magnet test, weight test etc all fail.
There's a reason why real coins are worth so much and it's worthwhile for counterfeiters to make counterfeits. Here's an idea of how cheap counterfeits are - I have a counterfeit 1 yuan coin which was worth 12 US cents a few years back. How cheap is it to counterfeit one of those "silver" yuan coin? Very cheap - I reckon it's less than 1 dollar top. Yes, you can talk about high quality silver but that's to strike coins worth several hundreds. To make 50 bucks out of a counterfeit, it's a fat profit for counterfeiters. You would have better luck winning a few dollars buying a lotto rather than finding a genuine coin, especially in China.
The era of cheap genuine silver Imperial Chinese coins is over. This is a land mine and if this puts you off, I'm glad I'm putting one less buyer buying counterfeits. Best advice is to buy catalog - these are still very cheap or check online auctions offered by major auction houses. They are decent reference material.
The good news is, you can still buy genuine Fat Man yuan coins for around 100 dollars or so. There are several varieties noted - many common, some are rarer such as the Xinjiang and Gansu varieties. Smaller denominations especially Guangdong Province are more affordable.
There's a reason why real coins are worth so much and it's worthwhile for counterfeiters to make counterfeits. Here's an idea of how cheap counterfeits are - I have a counterfeit 1 yuan coin which was worth 12 US cents a few years back. How cheap is it to counterfeit one of those "silver" yuan coin? Very cheap - I reckon it's less than 1 dollar top. Yes, you can talk about high quality silver but that's to strike coins worth several hundreds. To make 50 bucks out of a counterfeit, it's a fat profit for counterfeiters. You would have better luck winning a few dollars buying a lotto rather than finding a genuine coin, especially in China.
The era of cheap genuine silver Imperial Chinese coins is over. This is a land mine and if this puts you off, I'm glad I'm putting one less buyer buying counterfeits. Best advice is to buy catalog - these are still very cheap or check online auctions offered by major auction houses. They are decent reference material.
The good news is, you can still buy genuine Fat Man yuan coins for around 100 dollars or so. There are several varieties noted - many common, some are rarer such as the Xinjiang and Gansu varieties. Smaller denominations especially Guangdong Province are more affordable.
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Regularly updated at least once a month.
