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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2586248, member: 4373&quot;]I&#039;m not too sure if I can believe the story of such counterstamps - I&#039;ve seen a flood of them appearing in the last few years. Mind you, those original host coins are worth a few dollars and to counterstamp them and sell them at a higher value... I can see it happening. There are also rarer counterstamp of Fat Man silver yuan coins but I&#039;ll leave it as it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>The history of Chinese coinage from 1900s to 1940s is simply chaotic. I&#039;ve been trying to map the different coinages in a single map but found it to be absurdly difficult. The gradual downfall of the Qing Dynasty led various provinces to mint their own coins - the value of such coins were heavily dependent on their economy as well as their circumstances. Hence there was a huge variety of denomination, sizes as well as different types of metal alloys. </p><p><br /></p><p>The so called Chinese-Soviet issues are no different. These were born in an attempt to bolster their image of a functional economy. As mentioned by others, the survival rate of such coins are very low. Copper coins as well were heavily melted down as they became crucial war metal for guns, cannons etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can only imagine this thread has become one of the main reasons for such coins to be more desirable. Of course, counterfeits of such coins do exist so do watch out. Original coins are often crudely struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a counterfeit of a 200 cash</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/988507.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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