I am stumped on this. Supposedly a 1940 20 (fen) but I've never seen a design like this. I would assume this to be a token. The color is quite off as it's not as yellow as seen. It's more silvery however does has some wear and exposes a different grey tone Weight: 6.12g This is interesting as it resembles the Republic coins issued during this era However as you can see, there are some differences as there is no denomination "fen" The mystery continues...
Let's try this again... Edit: no idea why I have issues posting in this forum. First picture https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1060724.jpg Second pic https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1052014.jpg
accessed photos with link you've shown. I don't know. Like you, I think that it's a token or fantasy.
No idea why I have trouble posting the pictures. Thanks Kentucky You can see there are resemblances but do differ on a few points. I don't know what the obverse is meant to commemorate either.
Can't expand the photos. The details are sharp, I can't tell on authenticity, could be a slow connection @gxseries
It really looks like a fantasy to me. It has a weird mix of old-timey characters. The obverse text says "民國廿九年" (Republic year 29 = 1940) But actual Chinese coinage from year 29 uses 二十九, not 廿九 I can't recall having seen 廿 on dates for any Chinese coin designs, but apparently there are a couple from Yunnan which wrote dates that way. Nothing that looks like the coin from the original post, though. Here's a Numista list of any coins with the character "廿". It's not many, and nothing looks close. Edit: Here's a list of coins with the text "貳拾" (20 in banker's numerals) I wonder if it's inspired by the 1919 Yuan Shikai 20 yuan gold coin. The original coin only has the denomination 20 but no unit (yuan/jiao/fen etc.)
