Top & Bottom/Left & Right? | China Machine-Struck Cash

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walrus New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 08/20/2010 10:25 pm Among the collection we recently aquired,there are a dozen or so of these chinese coins. None are in holders,and was wondering if they have a top/bottom/left & right similar to other coins that these are obvious. Also,I understand alot of these turn out to be fakes?Is there an easy way tell if thats the case? Thanks, Ken Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Edited by walrus 08/20/2010 10:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Griffin Coins Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 08/21/2010 01:07 am i'll give you this much without being able to see the other side, it's upside down Report this Post to the Staff
walrus New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 08/21/2010 02:15 am Griffin Coins, Thanks for the reply. They're not all the same, so I guess i'll have this problem for awhile. Anyway I flipped the image and scanned the reverse. . . Ken Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 08/21/2010 12:40 pm This is a machine-struck cash coin from Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, 1890-1908. Excessively common; it's safe to assume this one is genuine. The four characters on Chinese "cash-style" coins (the ones with the square hole) are typically read in the following order: top, bottom, left, right. The two characters to the left and right are almost always the same on every coin (they mean "current coin"). The top and bottom characters are the "reign-name" of the emperor that issued it. This particular coin was struck during the rein of the Guang Xu (Kuang Hsu) emperor. Fakes of Chinese cash coins are fairly common; especially since many dealers can't tell the difference easily and just toss fakes and fair dinkums together in their "Chinese coins" scratchtray. Many of the fakes are machine-struck like this coin is, though most genuine cash coins were cast. To imitate the "cast" appearance, many of the cheaper struck fakes have a synthetic "bubbly" surface, like this example. 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
walrus New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 08/21/2010 5:26 pm Sap, Thanks for all the info. I'm sure none of the coins in this collection will be very rare,but there's something about everyone of them.May sound silly,but I can't help but wonder what stories they could tell if only they could talk. By the way,there are quite a number of examples from Australia ranging from the 19teens through the 1960s. As I become more familiar with all the things this site has to offer(expert advice, information,links,etc.)I'm sure I'm in for a lot of fun. Thanks again, Ken Report this Post to the Staff
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