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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Can anyone tell me the story of the chinees ' Trade dollars'. Text on this kind of coins say that they are 0.900 silver. But they don't feel or look silver. I think they are modern tourist reproductions. The owner of that coin told me that they are actually not silver but only a representation of silver and were used by traders and only by traders. The coin is about 40mm. I am sorry but I do not have a picture. One side says in chinese : 1 yen It looks very much like this : http://china-mint.info/forum/index....h=8726;imagebut in place of '1 yen' I can read ' Trade dollar' Thanks for your help |
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Pillar of the Community
 Belgium
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this is the one I mean : http://www.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1842841996_1/JAPAN-font-b-1875-b-font-font-b-Trade-b-font-font-b-Dollar-b-font.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aliexpress.com/promotion/bargain-deals_trade-dollar-1875-promotion.html&h=480&w=640&tbnid=QUi17gvw_C0CeM:&zoom=1&docid=Jb8IW4wQm187qM&itg=1&ei=QgUnVMvXCMmUaumlgOgN&tbm=isch&ved=0CIgBEDMoYzBj&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=15391&page=5&start=85&ndsp=22 (I hope this link will work here) |
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll wait for the experts, but those look fake to me. I don't think they're silver, either.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
2895 Posts |
One side is like last picture here and other side is like 3th picture. https://goccf.com/t/105854I know it is fake but I have been told that they are really used to trade. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It is kinda like silverware now a days: they arent silver, despite the name.
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New Member
Canada
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Those Japanese Trade dollars were made for the China trade back in the 1800's. The "yen" denomination was specifically removed to make sure people treated them as a bullion silver piece and not try to redeem them for a Japanese yen in Japan if silver value went down. If it does not contain .900 silver like is guaranteed written on the coin, then it is a modern copy. Should be 38.5mm in diameter and 27 grams in weight for the real thing. Only made for 3 years: Meiji Yr 8, 9, & 10(1875,1876, &1877). Chinese merchants used to add chop marks to check if they were really silver as well as to identify them as received by their company. Took me years to build up an affordable 3 coin set and some chop marked examples as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Thanks everybody for your reactions!
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Korea, Republic Of
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Two types of Japanese one yen silver coins were used in China as far as I know: There was the Japanese Trade dollar and normal one yen coins that were counterstamped with the character meaning "Silver" next to the big "1 Yen" on the back, like the one in the first link. Those were also the same idea as the Trade dollars, and they were counterstamped to prevent them from being treated as normal one yens and exchanged for face value when silver went down, but treated as bullion. The counterstamped ones also circulated in Korea. Edited by Matteproof
09/28/2014 7:45 pm
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