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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7801740, member: 102103"]For Asian/Chinese characters, it can be hard to know how to type them to do a search on Numista. I set up an example search <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=1&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=45&f=&t=19&w=1-1.5&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=1&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=45&f=&t=19&w=1-1.5&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">here</a> with only the weight (1 to 1.5 g), diameter (19 mm) and material (aluminum). It only gave 22 results, so it's pretty easy to scan through and see if one's coin is listed, even if one can't read any Chinese characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use weight/diameter/material searches to ID a lot of my old Italian States coppers where the lettering is too worn to read and only a little of the design is visible. Editing the date range to avoid modern coins and excluding patterns/commemoratives can also help narrow down the number or results.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7801740, member: 102103"]For Asian/Chinese characters, it can be hard to know how to type them to do a search on Numista. I set up an example search [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=1&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=45&f=&t=19&w=1-1.5&g=&se=']here[/URL] with only the weight (1 to 1.5 g), diameter (19 mm) and material (aluminum). It only gave 22 results, so it's pretty easy to scan through and see if one's coin is listed, even if one can't read any Chinese characters. I use weight/diameter/material searches to ID a lot of my old Italian States coppers where the lettering is too worn to read and only a little of the design is visible. Editing the date range to avoid modern coins and excluding patterns/commemoratives can also help narrow down the number or results.[/QUOTE]
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