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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
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Authentic ?   |
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
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Hi there, I think, that this one is good.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The surface of the reverse field looks as if it is pressure cast. The value should be for '4.4 candareens', not "44 candareens".
The lettering style of 'CANDAREENS' is very poor.
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
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@sel-69I
All you say is there, but this is a known variety.
The coin does not look cast to me, it seems to be a nice original.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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There's no dot in between the numbers 44. There are other coins that do reflect the decimal but not with this particular type. This is my example:  Note that this series is noted for varieties - I think there are close to 10 - 20 different types if you want to collect them all. My advice is not to start... I've tried to get rid of duplicates but turns out they are all different... My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Singapore
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Ok thanks guys, seems like this one is similar to the Yunnan 50 Cents and Tibetan Rupee in that they have tons of varieties. Was initially concerned of a lack of script in the centre of the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
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Looks like a dug a hole with this one, I bought another 2 - one with a six pointed stars, and another with minute differences....
But are there rarer more valuable varieties or generally all the same ?
Edited by Numister
01/19/2016 03:02 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
3831 Posts |
In general, if you get them in VF - XF condition, they are around the 20 USD mark. The two exceptions are when you have spelling error in Provinces and the earlier dated Manchurian coin from 1907 instead of 1909 onward. I believe the word is misspelt as Provinecs from memory. As you can see here are some examples online. Some of them are mine. http://omnicoin.com/search/?tp=1&s_...ory=&yf=&yt= |
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
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Anyone can recommend good books or sites that talks about old China coins, in particular how to spot fakes ?
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
566 Posts |
I doubt, that there is anything usable on this topic.
If there are any, they must be in Chinese, not english.
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
631 Posts |
Hi gxseries, is this the spelling error that you were referring to ?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Numister - that is correct. There are other varieties out there with this error.
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
631 Posts |
So this will have significantly higher value and is rarer ? Roughly what ratio ?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
3831 Posts |
It really depends on who is willing to buy and how much they are willing to pay. Chinese coin market sales seemed to have slowed drastically since last year with the exception of scarcer to rare coins. At peak, I've seen one sold for more than 100 dollars but I seriously doubt it brings that kind of money these days unless it's in strong UNC condition.
It's certainly less common but I do not follow this series very well.
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
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Just curious, does anyone know why they produced so many varieties ? Seems rather inefficient and confusing.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
3831 Posts |
A lot of coin designs that era went through a lot of scrutiny when it comes to 'protesting quietly' of their current situation. As for these coins, I can only imagine that these were forced to be redesigned as the Japanese slowly crept into Manchuria. A good example would be this coin issued in 1929  Notice how similar the waves and other elements are on the coin like the following?  |
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Posted 01/18/2016 12:39 pm
