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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1220508, member: 17118&quot;]As you might expect, experience in having seen thousands of real Chinese coins before is the best guide.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I can point out a few of the more obvious differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at an authentic cast coin, like the one I link to above, the top surface of the Chinese characters tend to be broad and very &quot;flat&quot;.&nbsp; Compare that to the characters on the machine-made coins which have a much thinner and much &quot;rounder&quot; appearance.&nbsp; You cannot achieve such fineness with a crude casting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>This same &quot;roundness&quot; can be seen on the inner rim around the square hole on the machine-made coins. A cast coin will not have such a perfectly square and uniform inner hole and it will usually have excess metal on the inside as well as file marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The field between the characters on machine-made coins is also not natural.&nbsp; It has purposely been made to have a &quot;bumpy&quot; appearance to make it look more like the rough surface of a cast coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, Chinese cash coins are made of bronze.&nbsp; The reproduction coins are made of brass or some other more modern alloy.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are just a few simple guidelines.&nbsp; I hope you find them helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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