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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8228278, member: 110226&quot;]Really nice examples posted!&nbsp; I especially like the &quot;running dragon&quot; crowns.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin that I bought at my local coin shop in San Jose back in the mid-80s, when it was located in a very small shop on kind of seedy commercial area near the county hospital.&nbsp; Later the dealer moved to a more up-scale area in Willow Glen.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, although I don&#039;t have any documentation, was formerly sold to the shop&#039;s owner by M. Louis Teller, a well known world coin dealer located in LA.&nbsp; They&#039;re still in operation.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a half tael or 5 Tien of Minh Mang, 1820-1841.&nbsp; Unlike the running dragon on the larger denomination, here the dragon is facing, curling around the sun.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve noticed that these larger silver coins generally don&#039;t have a lot of wear, suggesting that they mostly saw little circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is Schroeder 188 and Davenport 113.</p><p><br /></p><p>19.4 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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