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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JustinB.N.M., post: 1932294, member: 71173&quot;]Thanks Chaps.</p><p>That cleared that up.</p><p>I did not want to disturb the coin to much so did not test it destructively, and only did a ruff density calculation with the dimensions.</p><p>As it had the mint name in European text as well as Chinese script around the edge I did not think it was very old, but there is&nbsp; some very old patina so I thought it might have been a a replica coin produced for the European market before the fall of communism.</p><p>Modern Chinese fakes have only started to become a real problem since an open market hit China.Which in it&#039;s self is of interest</p><p>&nbsp; I will have to do a more accurate displacement calculation to see if it is any better than pot metal.</p><p>Just[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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