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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 295135, member: 6641&quot;]<span style="color: black">I am in the process of returning from a 10 day trip to China.&nbsp; I just landed in San Fran and will be taking my second Red Eye in the same day - how bizarre is that?&nbsp; Left Hong Kong at 10:30 PM on the 13th and I leave here at 10:25 PM on the 13th - I feel like a time traveler - LOL.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">I saw some interesting things in China.&nbsp; I visited a large flee market in Beijing looking/hoping to find some interesting coin deals.&nbsp; What I saw was about 300 people with blankets laid out with their various items.&nbsp; I stopped at about 30 of them and passed on three times as many that had coins of different sorts laid out.&nbsp; Without exception every dealer that had &quot;silver&quot; coins available had poor fakes!&nbsp; The weight felt like it was off by as much as 2 - 3rds.&nbsp; From Morgan dollars to trade dollars to Chinese coins.&nbsp; Needless to say I did not buy any coins as I was not in the mood to haggle over fake coins.&nbsp; I almost picked up a couple but just did not have the desire to own these poor imitations.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">I was happy to find a couple men selling old Asian notes!&nbsp; I look forward to posting pictures when I get home tomorrow.&nbsp; They were more expensive that I would have liked but I feel like I picked up some nice notes in very good condition.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">I also was able to get a few newer notes and coins in South China.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">It&#039;s great to be home (in the US) and I look forward to catching up on what has been happening on Coin Talk!&nbsp; Hope everyone is well! </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Best Regards</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Darryl</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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