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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: Eringobraugh on October 22, 2014, 04:18:52 PM

Title: Any experts on Chinese coins????
Post by: Eringobraugh on October 22, 2014, 04:18:52 PM

Can anyone help me with this coin...Real or fake and grade

Title: Re: Any experts on Chinese coins????
Post by: Triggersmob on October 22, 2014, 08:46:49 PM

Eringobraugh, I have grabbed your pics and posted them in Facebook. One of our fellow Knights, who doesn't visit here anymore, is from China and I have asked him, if he can let me know if they are real or not. 

Title: Re: Any experts on Chinese coins????
Post by: Sap on October 23, 2014, 12:25:23 AM

Brass/bronze 10 and 20 cash coins generally aren't faked, unless they're a rare or sought-after type. This, unfortunately, is one of those types, listed in Krause as KM/Y# A176.1 and worth thousands in "this condition". That, plus the toning pattern that looks suspiciously like the "spray-on toning" I have seen on some fake silver coins, make me assume that this coin is fake, too.