It's a somewhat semi scarce coin. A clearer photo would most definitely help. Even at VF condition, it's easily a 100+ dollar coin.
It's dated 1920. There is a key date which is worth more but I cannot remember it off the top of my head...
You know, you gotta realize that China's numismatic changed quite greatly in the last century. Up to 1860, cast cash coins have been in...
Chris where did you find that map? Looks quite neat. I see some online but figured I should get two copies - one from Wing dynasty and the other...
I do remember the time when I was on a buying and selling spree. When I was on a hunt a while back, Soviet cash coins weren't that rare. I found...
You are quite right about that - one bulk copper hoard that I bought came from a US seller. Worked out to be a dollar per coin on average. Some...
This is something I have been trying to design my site for a long time. Perhaps a decade and I still can't find something I'm happy with. Hence...
Numinaut - I'm sure your dad must have enjoyed his time in China. While I'm not of Chinese descent, I'm sure he would have the full warmth of...
I can totally relate. I was lucky to have a head start but that was when prices of Chinese coins started to increase drastically. That was...
I believe all Chinese will strongly disagree about the presence of foreign countries that tore China apart. The opium war in the mid 1800s...
Nice coins! I personally like the Fijian coins. (Fookien) It just seems that the supply of various Chinese coins are just dropping. Of course...
These days it's no longer that simple. Sellers are doing everything they can to make a dollar off you. Basic rule of thumb is know what you are...
Perhaps it is your time to do some homework. China at this time was in an internal struggle after the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, becoming...
Turns out I do own both 200 and 500 cash - I haven't photograph them... Note that 'Soviet China' is a bit of a generic term. I do have two...
Xinjiang Province... I admit their coins are somewhat unusual and I started to collect them. Only down side is while I can read Mandarin, Arabic...
I have to find mine - they are hiding somewhere as usual... I didn't really care too much about the 1 and 5 fen and got the restruck version....
In 2015 and 2016, Japan released 9 coins of various Shinkansen at 'face value'. These coins are very popular and of course got hoarded. A...
Site designer kinda need to show that they can do a better job otherwise they are out of one?
Just try one of each type. I started off doing year and variety and that got very expensive. It's hard to stop now unless I seriously consider to...
There's nothing wrong collecting circulating coinage and it is a cheap way of doing it. In fact one can make cheap money from it. For instance the...
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