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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ripley, post: 748520, member: 19199&quot;]<b><i><font face="Palatino Linotype"><font size="4"><span style="color: red">Well the obverse says - Year 18 (1929) Republic of China. Obverse is a poor portrait of Sun yat-sen. now in 1929 the Chinese government asked all the national and foreign mints to submit coins with Dr. Suns image on one side and a junk on the Reverse.</span></font></font></i></b></p><p><b><i><font face="Palatino Linotype"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000">The symbols on the reverse are 1 and 5. Without knowing the weight or dimensions of the coin makes it hard to ID. This may or may not be one of the submitted coins or perhaps a fake using the dies of one of the 1929 entries. Best I can do for you. i would lean toward counterfeit without more info.&nbsp; As for testing for silver, you can run a magnet over it as suggested or calculated the specific gravity of the coin or do a Brinell hardness test on the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Regards Traci <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></font></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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