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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1219614, member: 17118&quot;]I do not have any Krause publications to check this but the attribution does not seem to be correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>The date on the coin is Guangxu <i>yi you</i> which would be the year 1885 not 1835.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the portrait is of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Longyu" rel="nofollow">Empress Dowager Longyu</a> who married Emperor Guangxu.&nbsp; An authentic version of this coin can be seen <a href="http://www.shuoqian.net/view-6629428.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shuoqian.net/view-6629428.html" rel="nofollow">at this Chinese website</a> which confirms that the portrait is <i>Xiao Ding Jing</i> which was her real name.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third inscription is not written in Arabic but rather in Uyghur script.&nbsp; The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people" rel="nofollow">Uyghurs</a> are an ethnic minority in Xinjiang Province.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two middle characters are <i>yin yuan</i> which translates as &quot;silver round&quot; and usually refers to a silver coin or silver dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>An authentic version of the coin, which was produced in 1890, may be seen at <a href="http://www.coin007.com/bbs/read.php?tid=20882" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coin007.com/bbs/read.php?tid=20882" rel="nofollow">this Chinese website</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Authentic versions of these coins are rare and expensive.&nbsp; As already stated, both of HMS31&#039;s coins are reproductions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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