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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1843422, member: 4373&quot;]Republican silver coinage is another matter by it&#039;s own in my opinion. Don&#039;t forget that within these years 1912 to 1949, there are still some different coins that floated around despite attempts to unify a national currency. This is when nickel-copper coins have made more of an appearance in attempt to appeal to the public (which did not go very well). While most silver coins would have disappeared by early 1930s due to the war, silver coins did appear for Tibet around 1930s to compete against the Indian rupee. The last time silver was struck was in in 1949 - struck by Yunnan and Xinjiang Provinces: both not heavily affected by world war II unlike Eastern China. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think there is a fair amount of information on the internet which I am not going to repeat. I would recommand this link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_%281912%E2%80%9349%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(1912–49)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is another link to read about internal affairs in China: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangxi%E2%80%93Fujian_Soviet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangxi%E2%80%93Fujian_Soviet" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangxi–Fujian_Soviet</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As of why the restrikes were done, I believe this was done as the public had little confidence with paper money. It is more than likely that there wasn&#039;t enough precious metals to float around and hence the amount of silver had to be reduced. Coupled with internal affairs and war, the public would have a lot more to worry. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a lot to materials to go through if you are interested in this type of coinage but this is a landmine - full of counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to illustrate a good example:</p><p><br /></p><p>A rather common silver coin -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/990339.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Same year: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1022287.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most likely a lead-zinc / antimony alloy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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