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I Have An Old Coin I Believe Is Chinese But I'm not Sure I Would Like Some Help In Identifying

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Why are you running a poll for this?
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how do I remove this poll I apalogize for this I wanted to post it in a coin topic
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@rick, first welcome to CCF. Second, when you make a mistake like this, please just click on the link "report this post to the staff". We get a little note that something needs fixing and can take care of it. Thx.
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Hello and welcome. Glad the mods were able to sort out your post.

As for the coin in question: what we have here is a "fantasy mule", not a genuine ancient Chinese coin. It takes the designs of the obverses of two different coins: the top pic is copied from a Ban Liang, a type of coin made in China roughly 200-100 BC. Genuine Ban Liang coins don't have a rim, and don't have anything on the other side.

We have seen these particular replicas on the forum before; Here's an example.

I do not believe they are very old; probably mid-20th century or so.
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