Chinese, Ming Rebels - Xing Chao Tong Bao

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TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 07/19/2016 10:33 pm It feels so weird to be posting in this forum, but alas this coin is post-1600. This one arrived today. I have been hunting this one for four years, but I was never able to catch a nice example for a good price, until now. I bought this from a German auction company. This coin is denominated as "Yi Fen" (the two characters on the reverse), making it equivalent to 1 Fen (or candereen) of silver. To be such a valuable denomination, it is huge - 47mm and 18.2g. I was hoping for a larger one (~50mm), but this will do. This coin was cast by Ming rebel Sun Kewang from 1648 to 1657. When his father, rebel Zhang Xianzhong, died, Sun took the remnants of his father's army to Guiyang city in Guizhou province. There, he took on the reigh title Ping Dong Wang, or the King who Pacifies the East. He went on conquering areas in the southwest until he was forced to surrender to the Manchus (the Qing) in 1657. The characters "Xing Chao" (top and bottom) translate to "Prosperous Dynasty," which shows Sun's ambition to establish a new dynasty. Report this Post to the Staff

Evaluent New Member Netherlands 1 Posts	Posted 11/08/2017 04:55 am Hi, thank you for sharing this Ming rebel coin. But I can 95% be sure to confirm you that this one is a replica. There are things that make it suspicious. 1) patina/rust is artificially made 2) the Chinese characters are too thin compared with the known issues. Compared with the geniune one and you can see the differences. Once I have bought such coin for around 10 USD in 2005, and found out later that it was not geniune, but a modern replica. How much have you paid for this one? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189340 Posts	Posted 11/08/2017 11:36 am to the Community, Evaluent! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 11/10/2017 08:01 am Thank you for your concerns Evaluent. They definitely made me take a closer look at my coin and do more research. I see what you mean about the thin character strokes (if that is what you meant at all), but that is because this coin is a higher grade than most. The characters on this coin are very crisp, and on most fakes I have seen the characters have edges that are slightly rounded. The file marks are appropriate for the type and era. Lastly, I had shown this to a renowned expert (Bob Reis), and his in-hand opinion was that it was genuine. https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=7396 This is the picture I bought from and better represents the color of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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