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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2597584, member: 78244"]Unfortunately, most of those coins are fakes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They are about 100 years old and called "missionary counterfeits" because they were often sold to insuspecting Western missionaries. They are very common, and the British Museum has many varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>The common stuff is probably genuine, but none of the rare stuff is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2597584, member: 78244"]Unfortunately, most of those coins are fakes. :( They are about 100 years old and called "missionary counterfeits" because they were often sold to insuspecting Western missionaries. They are very common, and the British Museum has many varieties. The common stuff is probably genuine, but none of the rare stuff is.[/QUOTE]
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