Ancient Chinese Knife Coin, Real Or Fake?

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Loser123 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/23/2021 7:25 pm I have inherited a coin collection which I am going through to determine if anything in it is valuable. One of the coins my grandmother bought in China, I imagine it is fake. Anyone know if this looks real or not or how I could find out? Thanks in advance. EDIT: Thanks for the welcome, hopefully these pictures are better, its the best I can do with my equipment. Each coin weighs 27 grams --Loser123 Edited by Loser123 07/23/2021 8:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34402 Posts	Posted 07/23/2021 7:32 pm @lose, first welcome to CCF. Second, these ones are pretty tough to validate, but posting better pics (straight on and better lit) plus a weight would help. Thx! "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 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/23/2021 7:45 pm to the community Better pictures would help, can't tell much from these. Very difficult coin type to verify, these are being produced today to fool collectors. Most of what has been appearing are modern fakes. Report this Post to the Staff
Loser123 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/23/2021 8:02 pm Thanks y'all once I find a scale I will give them a weigh. Appreciate the advice so far, its not cool that folks are creating fakes of these. Both are 27 g. Edited by Loser123 07/23/2021 8:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 07/24/2021 12:02 am Believe you may have a modern reproduction of a Wang Mang knife coin. This link will give you more information together with dimensions. https://primaltrek.com/charmfeature...g_mang_knife The Primaltrek website is to be recommended for ancient & medieval Chinese coin identification Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 07/24/2021 02:59 am These are reproductions. The lettering is all raised, as it is on most Chinese cast coins, but on genuine Wang Mang knives, the lettering on the round coin-shaped handle is incuse and gold-inlaid. Genuine example on zeno.ru. 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
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 07/26/2021 12:21 pm 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
Loser123 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/26/2021 4:02 pm Thanks so much for all of your help! Report this Post to the Staff
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