Petrus is wrong.
This is a Huo Bu spade, cast under Wang Mang's rule from 14AD to about 20-25AD. The characters on the obverse translate directly to "Money Spade" and this coin circulated at a value of 25 Wu Zhu, or 125 Zhu (a Zhu is an ancient Chinese monetary weight, like a cent). The actual weight value of 25 Wu Zhus is about 62.5g, so you can see that the value is a bit inflated, but not as bad as many of Wang Mang's other coins.
It looks genuine to me, but I'd have to have in-hand inspection of it to make that call. Do you have a picture of the edge?
As for value, $50 isn't unreasonable.
This is a Huo Bu spade, cast under Wang Mang's rule from 14AD to about 20-25AD. The characters on the obverse translate directly to "Money Spade" and this coin circulated at a value of 25 Wu Zhu, or 125 Zhu (a Zhu is an ancient Chinese monetary weight, like a cent). The actual weight value of 25 Wu Zhus is about 62.5g, so you can see that the value is a bit inflated, but not as bad as many of Wang Mang's other coins.
It looks genuine to me, but I'd have to have in-hand inspection of it to make that call. Do you have a picture of the edge?
As for value, $50 isn't unreasonable.



























