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Hi, I am new to coin collecting and I just recently purchased this .999 silver Asian coin at the flea market. Could anyone tell me what it is? where its from? maybe how old it is? anything about it would be a great help. Thanks! Chris   |
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United States
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1932 Taiwanese Macaque 1-tael Monkey Silver Coin by China Central Mint
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@chris, first welcome to CCF. Second, buying old Chinese silver coins at a flea market can be an easy route to purchasing a fake. I wonder if you have confirmed that a magnet is not attracted to your piece? The hair on the monkey seems oddly detailed for a coin with so much wear elsewhere on the design. I'm not saying that you have a fake, but you should definitely be on the watch out for these things.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Tallak,  Where did you find that info, my source has nothing for this one, I'm confused   w/ Spence, WAY too many Chinese fakes, just look at new posts in AM to see what's being reported! I'm shying away from any more raw purchases from online auctions from Chinese silvers for a while! Edited by Crazyb0
02/25/2017 9:10 pm
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United States
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Sigh. And the link doesn't work here for some reason. Ill be quiet now.
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New Member
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Learned a lesson I should have already known. It's amazing what they do to fake. Numismatis...at least I'm not the first to be fooled. Find the coin, research who you found it from.
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@tallak, regardless of whether the OP's coin is real or fake, that was a nice piece of detective work. I hope that you stick around.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Using the groundwork already provided, I could find images of this coin at linkedin and pinterest. However, both were the same photo with the same watermark using an email address run by (a site we can't mention here) that more frequently sells counterfeit coins than they do genuine (by an estimated 95 fake to 5 genuine ratio). Now, this is supposed to be a 1932 1 Tael coin issued to celebrate a spring festival and with a Taiwanese Macaque on the other side. And, it is supposed to be silver (see? It's marked "999"). How many genuine coins made in 1932 have the silver purity minted onto the coin? Why can one find this coin online only published by a likely seller of counterfeit coins? Is the coin you bought at a flea market (where counterfeits are frequently peddled) likely to be a genuine pure silver coin?  |
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Thank you  . This Yeyong Zhou seems to have other issues regarding the 1794 United States Flowing Hair Liberty Silver Dollar Coin. |
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Hi everyone, Thanks so much for all your help on this. I bought it at my local flea marker here in Oklahoma. It does not stick to my magnet, I also did a ping test and ice test. The ice melted fairly fast on it. The ping was very high pitch and long lasting compared even to my silver Morgan dollar. I must admit I bought a few more Chinese coins from this guy thinking they were silver and those do stick to magnets. This one was they only one that didn't. Would it be possiblity it still couldn't be silver if it doesn't attract to the magnet? |
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Hi mrchris1984, and welcome. To be honest, I don't think there's any chance it's silver. There are just too many red flags, including crude artwork, 999 in 1932 design, being sold with fakes, being sold at a flea market, claiming to be Chinese silver, and not being recognized by the many experts here. Sorry the scammer got you. I hope this experience doesn't dim your interest in collecting though as it only gets better from here.
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Posted 02/25/2017 8:30 pm
