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Message:: [QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5384520, member: 97383"]Another coin that was included with my consignment of ancient coins was also sold today with CNG E-Auction 483. This coin has an amusing history. I purchased this coin from a Santa Barbara, CA dealer in the early 1970s. It was in a huge "junk box" with all coins priced at $1.00 each. At that time the coin wasn't worth much more than a buck but I found it interesting never the less. When I returned to Rochester, NY the coin came with me. I opened up a coin & antique store in Rochester in 1980 after doing factory work for a number of years. In my store I had a $1.00 "junk box" that many kids & collectors enjoyed browsing through, so that's where this coin ended up. The coin never sold & when I closed up my shop I put the coin in my desk & forgot about it. As time passed by the Chinese coin market exploded with activity & common coins became expensive, so I decided to add this coin to the auction. It's about the size & weight of a Roman denarius. It sold for $190.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! [ATTACH=full]1230935[/ATTACH] China, Zhonghua Minguo (Republic of China). General Issues. 1912-1949 (dated year 3, 1914). AR 10 Cents: 18 mm, 2.71 gm, 12 h. Central mint at Shanghai. Bust of General Yuan Shikai, 1st president of the Republic. L&M 66; Kahn 659, KM (Y) 326,[/QUOTE]