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happyprince Valued Member United Kingdom 67 Posts	Posted 08/14/2011 6:40 pm Hi, I have had this Chinese coin for some time and want to sell it.However I have no idea about the id and value of it.Could you please help me.The weight is 27 grams (apprx.) and it is 3.8 diameters(apprx.). Thanks in advance... Report this Post to the Staff

manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 08/14/2011 7:21 pm Unfortunately, it's a fantasy coin. It is based on a very rare coin believed to have been produced to commemorate the 70th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi. There is some dispute as to the actual date but authentic coins were struck in either 1904 or 1905. I recently wrote an article about the authentic coin in my blog: http://primaltrek.com/blog/2011/08/...rative-coin/ Only a "one tael" denomination of this coin exists. Your coin, however, is a "seven mace 2 candareens" denomination so it cannot possibly be real. Also, whoever created this piece made a mistake. The Chinese character for fen (分) meaning "candareens" is missing. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5830 Posts	Posted 08/14/2011 7:33 pm They Chinese forgers are quick on their feet, the original news article was publish August 9. Thanks for the info Gary, more and more are Chinese made forgeries are spreading all over the world. I am saying not just coins. Sigh! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 08/14/2011 8:53 pm We've seen this exact same type of fantasy Chinese dragon tael/dollar, including the "missing candareen", on the forum before - here's an old thread with one. 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
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