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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 771679, member: 17118&quot;]The Chinese written along the top is, from <i>right</i> to <i>left</i>, <i>di hua yin yuan ju zao</i> which translates as &quot;made at the Dihua Silver Dollar (<i>yuan</i>) Bureau&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two Chinese characters in the middle are, from top to bottom, <i>yi liang</i> which is the denomination &quot;one <i>liang</i>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese written along the bottom is, from <i>left</i> to <i>right</i> and upside down, <i>zhong hua min guo liu nian</i> which means &quot;Republic of China year 6&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>You made a good guess.&nbsp; Dihua is the old name for Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 6th year of the Republic of China would be the year 1917.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you find the translation helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I do not collect &quot;modern&quot; Chinese coins so I do not have any additional information concerning the coin and am unable to offer any opinion as to authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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