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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1518785, member: 4373&quot;]Picked this coin up:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1011192.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a rather difficult coin to find in better condition. This coin was modelled after Sichuan 50 cash which you can see an exmaple here:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/997045.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I haven&#039;t been throughly reading the history of different Chinese Provinces, it might be one of the coins struck during the chaotic warlord era. Quite fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia&#039;s page might give a good start: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_era" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_era" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_era</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Got a feeling that it might have been one of the military governors that wanted to take his idea of establishing such coins from Sichuan to Hubei.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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