China Meng Chiang 5 Jiao But A Scarcer Version

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/06/2023 11:36 am Meng Chiang / Mengjiang was a Japanese puppet state in China. My understanding of Chinese geography is not the best but the current location is around Inner Mongolia. While there are plenty of banknotes issued, there is only one common issued coin, which is the 5 jiao stuck in copper nickel. There are other aluminum issues (1 fen, 5 fen and 1 jiao) which are supposed to be common issues however for unknown reasons are extremely rare. The current theory is that majority of the coins were sunk from an allied submarine torpedo. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/me...hiang-1.html That said, there is supposedly a pattern version of the 5 jiao. Some catalog call this white metal but I believe this is struck in zinc. Mine has a light die rotation error. As you can tell, this is a lot brighter white and looks like zinc oxidization. I wouldn't say it's rare but they do not appear in the market often. Maybe you have the rarer version? 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

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 01/06/2023 5:49 pm If it was struck in zinc, and with the same dimensional specifications, it should weigh a bit less than 5.5 grams, at around 4.4 grams. I also understand that you also have an an example of a Chinese coin struck in antimony (Sb). Love to see a pic of that ! Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 01/06/2023 7:06 pm Should be no trouble to see if SG is 7.13 Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/06/2023 9:09 pm I'm pretty certain it's genuine. It weights at 4.77g I've come across copper Hua Hsing 1 fen which is also quite uncommon And lastly the antimony 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
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 01/07/2023 02:08 am At 4.77 grams for what maybe is a pattern in zinc, is believable. Being a pattern it would be quite rare. Thx for the pic of the Stibnium ! By way of confirmation, I found your particular coin on Google images. The stibnium is quite rare as well, - Stephen Album confirms with his sold price. Edited by sel_69l 01/07/2023 09:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/07/2023 08:30 am Thanks sel_69l. Researching these coins can be difficult as I have to go through texts in Chinese, Korean and Japanese! Google translate has been great help. 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
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