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Chinese Coins Identification | Three Replicas

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 Posted 09/06/2010  11:26 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Mara to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello

Please help me with these coins:

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Chinese-Coins-Identification-|-Three-Replicas

All input welcome, thanks much.

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 Posted 09/06/2010  1:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to the community,

I'm not sure if #1 is a coin or token, but #'s 2 and 3 appear to be typical fakes that have been coming out of China for some time now.
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The first one is a Shanghai private strike silver coin. This is one of the first types of silver in a Western "coin" style. The obverse says "the 6th year of Xianfeng, Shanghai commerce board authorized silver ingot." The reverse says "Inspected - Cao Ping Weight 1 Tael, Jiangfeng Year Made"

The second coin is a 1931 private strike by the Agricultural and Industrial Bank. The obverse says "Cooperation of China and the Soviet Union." This coin was minted in the northern provinces, where communist sentiment was the strongest at the time.

The third coin is a Xuantong 3rd year western type silver coin. This type is rarer than common imperial silver coins.

Unfortunately, like echizento said, all these coins are fake.
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Hello,
thank you for your answer.
Please let me know how can I see what is a fake coin.
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First of all, the strike is very weak on #1 and #2. (Especially on the top of the sickle on the Soviet coin). This usually means it has been cast instead of struck.

Secondly, if they are attracted by a magnet, that is a big no. These coins are supposedly silver.

The third, if the coin is non-magnetic and struck, is the rim. If there's a line running across the rim or edge, most likely it was forced through a reeding collar, which means it is fake.

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