China 10 Cash Unlisted Mule?

Sticking my neck out to say that the strike looks genuine to me, I'd buy it for a dollar.

My opinion based on the appearance of the strike is fake.

Looks to me like impact transfer dies were used. Impact transfer has always had pressure problems across the face of the die. Either the center is overstruck or the edge weak. Getting a uniform impression across the entire die face is very difficult. Most counterfeiters ended up engraving either the perimeter or central details which often give the method away. Here the central details are very heavy with some sliding of the details while the edge details are nearly missing. Combine that with the fact that the coin mules two provinces (about 200 miles apart) and I am beyond suspicious that a fake of some type is in play.

Genuine die strikes almost never replicate exactly the look of an impact transfer. The die strike transfers load more uniformly across the planchet. So most details will be either well struck up or weak. You will need an expert to know for sure, but I suspect that most originals of the period were struck on fairly modern steam powered presses.

Impact transfer techniques date back to the 1850s or 1860s and they result in the destruction of the host coin used to create the impact. So this method was usually used to copy low value coins as opposed to rarities. I suspect it is likely a contemporary counterfeit.

Thank you Swamperbob for the great information. I always learn many things through your responses. Gxseries, I am not familiar with the term "mint sport" counterfeit, could you explain further what that term means. Thanks again to all.