flipping the coin side to side to get backside view is always true for Taiwan coins and Japanese coins, to my knowledge. US coin is flipped top to...
Hontonai: thx for Japanese dating. Home now is both countries. Plan is to retire to Taiwan--within several years if not sooner! Good source of...
Hontonai, I am now dating my Japanese coins since am back in the states and wondered how to add the date. For Showa Era add 1926? and for Heisei...
I agree with hontonai, there is no reason to use a western date model on all countries coins. I find it interesting in specializing in Taiwan...
Also note that the 98 NT$10 was the only coin issued for that year other than the uncirculated sets. I have yet to see any 98 coins this year...
Am still "new" to the cointalk formate and haven't succeeded in getting pictures into my notes. Suggestions? Questions: So copy of one coin on one...
Did a web search for 中華民國開國紀念十文 and found the ROC coin. They translated the ten "wen" as "ten cash" on the English version and sometimes came up...
The Chinese coin says it is to commemorate the beginning of the country "kai guo ji nian" and that it is the Republic of China. The beginning of...
re: Republic of China 1929 $.10 coin. Have found picture and info at www.kenelks.co.uk/chinese/chineserepublic.htm . Also have found use of...
So the "chop mark" should reflect someone who attested to the authenticity of the piece and so the mark should be well known! So if it is not well...
Considering that a chop mark can be added at any time, dates seem irrelavant, wouldn't you agree? Do you look at the enlarged view? the + in the...
The Chinese character under the number two is "mao" for dime[or muplitples of 10]. The character used now is jiao (the more literary form) and...
On the enlarged view of the chop the character looks more like yen and not ta. The rounding of the strokes at the base of yen don't show features...
It is a yuan... no doubt about that. Above the 10 on the back, the Chinese character on the left is Chinese for "yuan." To the right is Chinese...
After reviewing my note, I must admit that I really don't know if uncirculated coins were issued for those commemorative circulated coins other...
Correction on the 1995 NT$10, there are two minted in circulation for that year! There is the 50th anniversary of Taiwan's return to China--with a...
The character could be Chinese but might not. My wife is Chinese and says it is nothing she has seen--looks like it might be made up. Also is too...
I appreciate the comment and thank you for it! I get very tired of hearing the negativity around the Chinese and get tired of hearing the attacks....
Creating "ethnic humor" only creates the illusion that they are some how less than us Americans. Attaching them is the same. I recall playing with...
The "dog eating Chinese" is a stereotype that isn't true! I have found that many Chinese (older ones that I have met) will not even eat beef...
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