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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 8340279, member: 4373"]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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>image url</p><p><a href="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the supposedly circulated 1 fen</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>image url</p><p><a href="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>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!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.stacksbowers.com/?q=038fdd33-76d0-4270-8256-602663945404" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.stacksbowers.com/?q=038fdd33-76d0-4270-8256-602663945404" rel="nofollow">https://archive.stacksbowers.com/?q=038fdd33-76d0-4270-8256-602663945404</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Would like to know more information about this[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 8340279, member: 4373"]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. [IMG]https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg[/IMG] image url [URL]https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/984053.jpg[/URL] 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 [IMG]https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg[/IMG] image url [URL]https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1058628.jpg[/URL] 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! [URL]https://archive.stacksbowers.com/?q=038fdd33-76d0-4270-8256-602663945404[/URL] Would like to know more information about this[/QUOTE]
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