China 1940 Hua Hsing - 1 fen

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by gxseries, May 13, 2022.

  1. gxseries

    gxseries Coin Collector

    This is probably one of the biggest surprise when I saw this on offer. I have seen pictures of this before and probably have only only seen less than 10 - 20 of this online.

    Hua Hsing was a bank that was formed under a reformed Government of the Republic of China in Shanghai under the Japanese occupation. Issued only in 1940 and demonetized in 1941, the most common is the 10 fen.

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    4 different denominations are planned - 1, 5, 10 and 20 fen. 10 fen is the most common and 1 fen is also supposedly a circulation coin. Most of these coins I believe were melted down due to the ongoing WWII at that time.

    Hunting one of this 1 fen down is absurdly hard. The other two (5 and 20 fen) are literally impossible to find - I don't believe that they were ever released in circulation.

    This is the supposedly circulated 1 fen

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    Even with the environmental damage, this is quite scarce in any condition. In fact this is a lot better than I expected, perhaps aUNC details. Stacks has sold just 6 examples - that shows how scarce this is. I did not expect own one of this to be honest!

    https://archive.stacksbowers.com/?q=038fdd33-76d0-4270-8256-602663945404

    Would like to know more information about this
     
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  3. Kentucky

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    Here you go

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  4. gxseries

    gxseries Coin Collector

    Thanks Kentucky. No idea why the links are not working.
     
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  5. Kentucky

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    Sometimes it depends on what kind of file it is. I saved these and then uploaded the file full-size.
     
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