Spot on Manymore. I've done a bit of digging in a book I recently acquired (had forgotten about it!) - Munro Coins of Japan published 1904. He...
I have just got two Japanese Kuanei Tsuho coins in a job lot, and while I can identify them up to the point where I can say that one is old type...
We have unlucky 13, but Cantonese sap saam (13) sounds like alive, so is lucky. Funny old world!
The Cantonese for 8 - Baat - sounds very like the word for prosperous. In contrast, 4 - Sei - sounds like the word for Die, so is very inauspicious.
I forgot to scan the certificate that came with the Hong Kong dollars. See below. Note the auspicious mintage! No certificate with my Macao dollars.
I have recently acquired a few commemorative trade dollars issued by the British Mint which might be of interest to Forum members. Three 1999...
Compare with zeno.ru database image #6059 Sino-tibetan 1 sho Qian Long period 58th year (1793) my fake is too big (32mm) and too heavy (10.2g)
Acanthite, Manymore, Thanks for the helpful info. Tibet! That had never crossed my mind.
While I suspected these items were fakes, I could not be sure without them in hand.....you can't put a magnet to a photo on eBay. Purchasing the...
I have just (knowingly) bought two fake Chinese coins - just out of interest, paid 99p each. I would appreciate some help in identifying the...
I have been informed by Luke Roberts that the coin is a Nagasaki Export coin of the "fat character" type. It is a common variety worth a couple...
Thanks for the info :hail:
Thanks Ardatirion. Could you please expand a bit on rechenfennigs....I've never heard of them. Where should I look for more info? Cheers Richard
Can someone please enlighten me.....what is this a copy of? :hail:
I just got a job lot of coins which I cannot identify (I specialise in Chinese cash, which these ain't). Three are obviously from the same...
I have just received a job lot of Chinese cash, and among them was this unusual Yunnan Jia Qing Tong Bao. It is small and light (20.0mm, 1.4g) and...
The vast majority of Northern Song coins and many of those from other Chinese dynasties have reverses with NO characters.
This is another where the Bao doesn't look right. Is this a Nagasaki coin, do you think?
Here's the reverse. What are we looking for?
You could very well be right. Very interesting. as I only paid A$1.60 for this and another coin, I don't feel cheated! Thanks for the info....
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