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<p>[QUOTE="Bayern, post: 3256925, member: 99002"]In this case, the numbers on the coin, 7 and 2 (in kanji: 7=七 2=二 ) are indications of the denomination of the coin, not the date. There are a lot of fakes out there, both modern and contemporary, although yours weighs about right. Here is the Numista page for this coin (although</p><p>your coin does not have a Chinese zodiacal year indicator, so am not sure is this in itself would indicate a fake, or just that yours is another variety.I know some of the other provinces minted coins in 1908 that did not have year indicators, just not sure about Kiangnan.</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4100.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4100.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4100.html</a></p><p>Also you could post your pictures on the Numista site, and see what members there have to say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bayern, post: 3256925, member: 99002"]In this case, the numbers on the coin, 7 and 2 (in kanji: 7=七 2=二 ) are indications of the denomination of the coin, not the date. There are a lot of fakes out there, both modern and contemporary, although yours weighs about right. Here is the Numista page for this coin (although your coin does not have a Chinese zodiacal year indicator, so am not sure is this in itself would indicate a fake, or just that yours is another variety.I know some of the other provinces minted coins in 1908 that did not have year indicators, just not sure about Kiangnan. [url]https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4100.html[/url] Also you could post your pictures on the Numista site, and see what members there have to say.[/QUOTE]
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