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Anyone know anything about this Chinese coin---I was a little surprised by the "Bepuhlic" instead of "Republic." Thanks.  |
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Canada
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With that quality if counterfeiting I'm surprised there were no other spelling mistakes! Probably designed as a tourist souvenir.
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 Australia
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Had a friend who spotted an "error coin" like this while on holiday in Asia a few years ago. On pointing out the spelling error to the seller, the seller thanked him... then immediately quadrupled his asking price, since the coin must be a valuable mint error.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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@CM1, yes most likely made for the tourist trade. Is it attracted to a magnet?
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United States
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There was a Chinese commemorative that the reverse was english text. Quote:
The opening of the Republic of China commemorative coin 20 text, the back of the English should be: THEREPUBLIC is indeed written: THEBEPUHLIC, is the wrong version of the currency , the specific value depends on the appearance |
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1232690551...123269055188The seller is in Albania, but they do have 100% feedback. I don't know much about this area, but from the little I can gather is that Chinese coinage was as chaotic as the country was in the 1920s so I wouldn't be surprised to see a misspelling, but at the same time my gut tells me it's not a genuine coin.
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Australia
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Texture of the fields suggest 'fake' to my eye.
In this case, the mis spelling of the legends is deliberate, to avoid running foul of Chinese law.
For all of their intents and purposes, it is a near 'copy', not an exact copy.
Worth keeping as a fake for identification purposes, but of no numismatic value - educational value only, for the owner.
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jst1dreamr - Could you attribute your quote so context and authority can be established? As to the specimen posted by captainmandrake1, to my eye at least it has the look of a casting. I'd like to see the other side to judge its appearance as well. It certainly wouldn't be unheard of for a either a forged or even fantasy "error" coin to be manufactured in today's China. That's not to say that such blunders of alphabetical rendition have never occurred with Chinese coinage of this period. Below are photos of a Chekiang province 10 cash from my collection for which "KUO" is misspelt as "KIIO". This is a documented, cataloged variety.   Edit: I hadn't seen the reply posted by sel_69l before putting up mine (I was delayed in the process by trying to locate my stored image files) but I think we're independently evaluating this more or less the same.
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07/29/2018 11:35 pm
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Australia
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Not genuine. This seller supposedly based in Albania is making a killing in selling counterfeiters / replica / fake / garbage.
Looks too modern and the copper color is off.
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Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I consulted with Chinese friends---the Chinese is written correctly. I've bought from this seller before---he definitely accentuates colors a lot in the pictures (coppery reds are actually quite brown, etc.) My feeling is that it's junk.
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