I believe it is genuine. Unfortunately with Chinese numismatic, you have to become an expert. Previously people on forums used to be generous...
The coin in the link unfortunately is a counterfeit. The sad reality of this hobby... Thanks for the link Chris! Anyone else have one in their...
This is one coin that I have been looking for a while. Despite what catalog value may suggest, this is somewhat uncommon. Normally I'm not a big...
It's not a surprise - trying to find such high grade 'brass' coin is getting harder. Its definitely harder for new collectors to crack into the...
The coins alone would cost a fortune...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EBay is unfortunately becoming a buyer's beware market. Counterfeits are serious problem and its unfortunately flooded with them. Look at the...
JNDA catalog does show a wide variety of Japanese mint set. Honestly it's smart and evil marketing!!! Essentially the coins are the same however...
It's not that difficult to throw in counterfeits / replicas / junk in a pile of old collection...
Sorry not genuine. It's a cast coin but that is clearly not anything like a cast coin...
You might want to treat her something - that's quite a fair bit of money in them as they are worth way more than melt value! Might want to do...
That it has no value. Was about to offload this coin until I realize something is different. [IMG] It is a rotated die error. While this is a...
Most of the times, this is true. However with early Imperial Chinese and Russian coinage - the 3.6 mace or 50 kopek / half rouble have often been...
The smaller coin is supposed a coin from Fengtien Province "dated" 1903. The other coin is supposedly from Sichuan Province "dated" 1906. Both are...
I think the reality at the moment is that supply is so low that even cleaned / damaged coins do command some premium. I have no problem buying...
Chinese coin prices are glowing hot. Yours is a nice coin. One of the more affordable coins from Fengtien province but not as common as Guangdong...
Honestly regardless of this being possibly cleaned - this is a somewhat difficult coin to find in this condition. Most important thing is to...
Overstruck coins can be quite interesting to collect. Some common countries come to mind - Russia, Sweden, Italy Here's a list of world...
I guess its a matter of time for some countries. If the major tpgs can recognize where some of their biggest market are, it would be a no...
It would be quite interesting to see what the future holds. There is no reason why there would not be a Russian grading company. Sanctions and...
I'm currently on a small device so I can't see if it has the Heaton mint mark. Heaton mintage figure is smaller in general and would command a...
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