Here's One Obsure Chinese Silver Coin

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 06:42 am Without giving too much information away, thought it would be fun if you look up what's different about this coin: Sure it features General Yuan Shi Kai and struck in 1914 but there's something about this which makes it different. Also, this is overstruck over something... :) Here are bigger pictures: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/...u19141yf.jpg http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/...u19141yb.jpg Seems pretty neat but the real irony is, if this turns out to be a counterfeit which is the unfortunate scene going on with Chinese coins, I spent a fortune on this coin. Weighs: 26.5g 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

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 11:32 am :O :O :O Do I see Britannia's shield on Yuan's forehead?! Oh wait a bit - it's "Da" so it's a Qing dynasty silver... But wouldn't it have been great if it was really struck over a British Trade dollar? Edited by wd1040 02/04/2011 11:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 12:20 pm I haven't seen those before So what is this? Anything legit or privately made toy? Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 12:37 pm You sure have an interesting collection--I hope it turns out to be something good. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 1:40 pm wd1040: very good! I have never seen anything like this before - it still doesn't matter what the original planchet is but this is the first time I've seen one that's overstruck. It's common with copper coins as Korean 5 fun were used to overstrike but this is a first. svslav: Nick pick up. It's struck in Gansu province but this province is poorer than other regions. And such, coins struck in the area were struck in a lower silver content and if I am not mistaken, it was traded with a lower face value. Here's more information about this coin: http://home.netvigator.com/~ykleungn/yuansk2.htm 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
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5832 Posts	Posted 02/04/2011 6:27 pm I think I saw a picture of that in the 2010 World coin catalog from Krause. I could be imagining things though. Report this Post to the Staff
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