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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1296112, member: 26302&quot;]I do not see any evidence these are fakes. It is very much harder with cast coins, but these look about as good as I can tell from photos. The green color is common on these before they get cleaned up well, and looks natural. The bad news is forgeries of these are getting so bad many dealers of CHinese coins are quitting either out of fear of forgeries, or prices going up due to CHinese demand, or both. I do not buy much CHinese material anymore unless i know its coming from old collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jlblonde, if you have more than a passing interest in these I would highly recommend buying Hartill&#039;s Cast Chinese Coinage book. Probably the best English reference ever published, and pretty cheap. I believe Frank Robinson sells copies for about $45. Gorny&#039;s Song reference is also helpful, but harder to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Also, if anyone does want to buy CHinese, I have a link I can share of good EBay sellers of authentic coins. About 98% of them there are forgeries, so I really do not look at any others besides this list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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