Szechuen China 10 Cash Coin - Counterfeit/Fake Or Not?

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bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 08/08/2019 10:53 am Hi all! Just received today, paid approx 120 euro but now I think this is fake. Weight 7.7 grams, I can not find any coins of this type with wide rim like this coin. I also notice circular marks from the die polishing - see the third photo. Any opinion is welcome. Edited by bobo13 08/08/2019 10:54 am Report this Post to the Staff

Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 08/08/2019 12:54 pm Well, the rims do look to be a bit pronounced, and the left rosette on the reverse seems set rather high. But with almost 96 million of these being struck, the production rate was such that many, many dies & collars were heavily used, repaired, then used some more. Consequently, there're just an awful lot of minor variations, making it a difficult proposition to detect modern fakes based solely on visual cues related to the design. This specimen looks to be more or less XF in condition. My personal opinion is that the price guide values in this grade tend to be grossly inflated, but that can be an incentive to churn out counterfeits.... Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 08/08/2019 1:15 pm I think this is the same "coin"... https://www.ebay.de/itm/CHINA-SZECH...AOSwBt5ZLY3V Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 08/08/2019 4:46 pm Well, if a bunch that have the same identifiable characteristics are all turning up at once in online auctions, that'd be a "red flag" in and of itself. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 08/09/2019 12:44 am 120 euros? Cost of production of a fake / fantasy is less than 1 Euro! I would highly recommend you to ask for your money back. I don't recall seeing such a coin. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 08/09/2019 09:41 am Letters look kinda puffy and unrefined to me. Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 08/09/2019 5:53 pm Thanks for all opinions! Yes, I will return it to the seller... Report this Post to the Staff
hc8604 Valued Member United States 303 Posts	Posted 08/11/2019 10:39 am From that ebay link, I have noticed a lot of Chinese fake coins coming from Netherlands and Spain. Report this Post to the Staff
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Szechuen China 10 Cash Coin - Fake Or Not?