Does this Mexico 1898 peso coin look authentic? This coin was listed on Ebay and is located in China. I was not going to bid on the coin. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150048525832 I know that the Chinese have been making copies or counterfeits of various silver-dollar sized coins. However, this one could have really made it to China. It is a 1949 restrike of a 1898 peso that China's Chiang Kai-Shek Nationalist government (the Kuomintang) ordered from the Mexico City mint. Approximately 2,500,000 of these coins were shipped to China in late 1949. They were to be used to pay soldiers who would not accept the worthless Nationalist paper money. I have been researching these unusual coins for the past year and wrote this article on them: My article on these coins I have found out some more information and will update my article soon.
Kind of a moot point now; the auction has already ended. Judging from previous experience, this coin is probably a fake.
Why would you say its fake, simply because its from China? It shows no signs of being fake. Doesnt look cast...if its fake it a damn good one.
Warning: Account might have been hacked. The image could have been stolen ANYWHERE off the net, i.e. you can steal a genuine coin picture and put it as yours.
