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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 83832, member: 669"]If those coins are genuine, and there's nothing about what I see to cast any doubt, that seller's laziness and/or bias against foreign coins cost him a bundle. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm still searching for information on the 10 cash Republic of China Year 25 piece (the one with a 1936 date); and the 20 cash Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo copper coin. The Tai-Ching's legend includes characters for "year made", but no number! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever those two may be worth, you seem to have made a killing on at least two of the other three:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The Yunnan Province brass 2 cent is Y#489, dated Republic Year 21 (1932(. It's in better condition, possibly a VF candidate. Krause values are $175 VG, $325 F, $500 VF and $750 XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The Yunnan Province copper 5 cent is Y#490, also dated Republic Year 21 . The character at the bottom of the reverse is quite worn, so the coin probably wouldn't grade any better than Fine. The 2006 33rd Ed. Krause lists it at $125 VG, $175 F, $250 VF and $350 XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The Szechuen 20 cash is <i>almost</i> identical to Y#227, an undated Imperial copper issued from 1903-1905, and is at least VF. On the obverse (the side without a dragon) the two center characters are Manchu, not Chinese. The one on the right is not the same one shown in the Krause picture of Y#227, but otherwise the coin is identical. I don't read Manchu, and don't know anyone who does (except possibly a fellow in Korea who <i>may</i>), so I can't explain the difference. Krause lists nothing identical to your coin. Y#227 is valued at $100 VG, $125 F, $175 VF and $250 XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't given up yet on IDing the other two, and if I'm successful I'll post the information. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 83832, member: 669"]If those coins are genuine, and there's nothing about what I see to cast any doubt, that seller's laziness and/or bias against foreign coins cost him a bundle. :rolleyes: I'm still searching for information on the 10 cash Republic of China Year 25 piece (the one with a 1936 date); and the 20 cash Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo copper coin. The Tai-Ching's legend includes characters for "year made", but no number! :confused: Whatever those two may be worth, you seem to have made a killing on at least two of the other three: 1. The Yunnan Province brass 2 cent is Y#489, dated Republic Year 21 (1932(. It's in better condition, possibly a VF candidate. Krause values are $175 VG, $325 F, $500 VF and $750 XF. 2. The Yunnan Province copper 5 cent is Y#490, also dated Republic Year 21 . The character at the bottom of the reverse is quite worn, so the coin probably wouldn't grade any better than Fine. The 2006 33rd Ed. Krause lists it at $125 VG, $175 F, $250 VF and $350 XF. 3. The Szechuen 20 cash is [i]almost[/i] identical to Y#227, an undated Imperial copper issued from 1903-1905, and is at least VF. On the obverse (the side without a dragon) the two center characters are Manchu, not Chinese. The one on the right is not the same one shown in the Krause picture of Y#227, but otherwise the coin is identical. I don't read Manchu, and don't know anyone who does (except possibly a fellow in Korea who [i]may[/i]), so I can't explain the difference. Krause lists nothing identical to your coin. Y#227 is valued at $100 VG, $125 F, $175 VF and $250 XF. I haven't given up yet on IDing the other two, and if I'm successful I'll post the information. ;)[/QUOTE]
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