You can usually identify the coins easily just by looking at the inscriptions.
That's it then, my archaic Chinese isn't too rusty. "Pan Liang" is indeed the transliteration of "半兩" or "half tael". The square hole design is...
I can't really distiguish the archaic characters since it's so worn. But it seems to me it's a 半兩 (half tael) coin or approximately 37.8g if I've...
1. The upper left on your first photo is from 1909, 1st year of the Xuan Tong Era (perhaps you've heard about Puyi, the Last Emperor). So far so...
I mean, for all that trouble they have to go through to create dies for forgeries, why not go the extra mile to do a little bit of research to at...
But how many last till today in good condition? Most are beyond recognition and most are in worse condition than what you have. The picture...
Just some more info on the inscriptions on the coins: # 1 obverse: I agree this indicates this was made in the 14th year of GuangXu ( 光緒 ), or...
Definitely Chinese from the obverse (one with 4 characters). This coin was casted in the the Dao Guang Era ( 道光 ), any time between 1821 to...
I was just looking up my Chinese Almanac for some info on another Chinese coin identification on another post and I remmember about this post....
Wow! Thanks for the pictures! Since I revived my numismatic hobby last few months I've been daydreaming during church service from time to time:...
Then she'd surely befit the totem pole "Death Dollar" curse.
oh my, after seeing this die, it further confirms the Qing coins as counterfeits. The design is too similar to the Japanese ( 大日本 ) Meiji yen....
Tai-Ching Coin I wouldn't get my hopes up, at least on the Qing copper cash. - The "Szechuen Province" coin is an obvious forgery. The...
OOoo You don't want those armed FBI anti-terrorism unit barge into your home one day when you're making those make-shift shipping cartons.
Ai ya! Choi! Dai gaat lai si! (God forbids... Knock on wood!)
They are 1 yuan notes. Both issued by The Union Reserve Bank of China. The top one was issued in the 27th Year of the Republic, that's 1938 AD....
Oh yeah, the 1980 large HSBC 10 dollar bill in my collection has the British COA above the "local scene" that is similar to the early colonial...
I don't see any item listed at the store at the moment. :\ send me (kvasirian) an ebay msg or a pvt one here when you have some items listed.
Ah... look at all you impatient whiners. The site works fine and it even list prices in US$ and CAN$.
Collectors should keep an eye out for Finnish and Luxenburger euros. Each of these have population less than Hong Kong, for example, and hence...
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