Chinese 5 Talons Dragon Coin? | Repro China Fengtien Tael

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Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 11/08/2009 10:49 pm Request ID please, thank you again Identified - moved to World Coin forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/08/2009 11:36 pm Supposedly 1 tael (weight measure of silver, = between 800 and 1600 cash, depending on time and place) from Fengtien Province (now Liaoning) of China. The legend in the smaller circle of the bottom image says Kuang-hsu Yuan-pao, the reign title of Te Tsung (Guangxu), 1875 - 1908. At that time the silver coins in circulation were dollars, or 7 mace and 2 candareens (that's their actual inscribed weight), which was equal 0.72 tael. The English legend on the dollars read Fung-Tien. Krause mentions a pattern of 1 silver tael from the province issued in 1903, but I doubt that what you have is the real thing. Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 11/09/2009 8:51 pm thanks svslav, copy, so there's a real coin like that somewhere, will look for it at google/eBay. thanks for the coin's description, that gives me a handle to locate the original Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 11/09/2009 9:13 pm Quote: so there's a real coin like that somewhere, will look for it at google/eBay. Yes, just one. You won't find it on ebay, unless it's a fake just like this one. According to this zeno.ru page which shows another Fengtien tael fake: Quote: The only known genuine example was sold in the Goodman collection sale 1991 for US $187,000 -- the highest price ever paid for a Chinese coin. 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
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 11/09/2009 9:44 pm wow! thanks sap, that is a great link. He even has a better looking fake than mine! so even fakes have grades! thanks, that link and price stops me solid Report this Post to the Staff
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