I'm Losing My Mind Over These Coins And I Will Not Rest Until I Get Answers

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Brunkie New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 10:17 pm I've been searching around the internet for two hours to no avail on what the heck these coins are. Some insight be appreciated thanks my dudes. I have no idea whether or not these boys are fake but I'm not the one who paid $20 for them so I won't lose any sleep over em if they are indeed fakes. Report this Post to the Staff

westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7617 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 11:09 pm .... to the Community! I'd bet they are modern replicas of recent Chinese origin. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 03:26 am They are more strictly fantasies. No genuine coins were made with that imagery. They are modern medals made to vaguely resemble coins. Edited by oriole 02/11/2020 08:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 09:08 am Just a thought ..... I know it is practice in Buddism to give or burn "money" as part of their religious practices. I have heard that they purchase "temple money" in order to do this. Is it possible that these coins would fall into that "temple money" category. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188052 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 09:17 am to the Community! 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
retiredkper Pillar of the Community United States 541 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 12:22 pm These are modern medals. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 11:59 pm Quote: I have heard that they purchase "temple money" in order to do this. Is it possible that these coins would fall into that "temple money" category. No. "Temple Money" coins are always in the form of traditional "cash" coins, with the square holes in them. These are a set of "fantasy dollar" medals, depicting figures from Chinese history and/or mythology. In the tourist traps in mainland China, they are sometimes sold in cardboard folders with the story of the various figures given, sometimes they are sold "loose" like this; they can also be found in overseas marketplaces as the things are exported by the shipping-container-load. Typically sold for about $2 each. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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