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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 6588460, member: 81887"]The last two coins are indeed from the Guang Xu emperor (1875-1908), from the Guangzhou mint in Guangdong province. Interestingly, these are machine-struck rather than cast as was traditional for Chinese cash for the previous 2000 years. The type catalogues as Hartill 22.1335. There are two varieties, distinguished by weight- over 2.8 grams was struck 1890-1895, under 2.8 grams was struck 1895-1899. Value is listed at $1.</p><p>The first coin is... weird. Obverse looks like it is from the Shun Zhi emperor (1644-1661), and the reverse has the normal Manchu mintmark for Fuzhou mint in Fujian province. But I can't find a listing of this mint for this emperor, and most of Shun Zhi's reverses are in Chinese or Chinese/Manchu bilingual, not Manchu alone. Also, the way his name is written is wrong. The top character on the obverse, Shun, should start out with three vertical lines that are not connected to anything, but ton your piece the third line connects at its top to the rest of the character. Very strange, I'd like to hear an expert's take.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Looks like [USER=83778]@Muzyck[/USER] beat me to it while I was typing, first coin is probably a modern fake. The wear on the reverse does look oddly flat, and a modern faker would explain the poor obverse calligraphy. Though I don't really get the point of faking a variety that doesn't exist, especially when genuine coins of Shun Zhi are available in the $2- $5 range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 6588460, member: 81887"]The last two coins are indeed from the Guang Xu emperor (1875-1908), from the Guangzhou mint in Guangdong province. Interestingly, these are machine-struck rather than cast as was traditional for Chinese cash for the previous 2000 years. The type catalogues as Hartill 22.1335. There are two varieties, distinguished by weight- over 2.8 grams was struck 1890-1895, under 2.8 grams was struck 1895-1899. Value is listed at $1. The first coin is... weird. Obverse looks like it is from the Shun Zhi emperor (1644-1661), and the reverse has the normal Manchu mintmark for Fuzhou mint in Fujian province. But I can't find a listing of this mint for this emperor, and most of Shun Zhi's reverses are in Chinese or Chinese/Manchu bilingual, not Manchu alone. Also, the way his name is written is wrong. The top character on the obverse, Shun, should start out with three vertical lines that are not connected to anything, but ton your piece the third line connects at its top to the rest of the character. Very strange, I'd like to hear an expert's take. Edit: Looks like [USER=83778]@Muzyck[/USER] beat me to it while I was typing, first coin is probably a modern fake. The wear on the reverse does look oddly flat, and a modern faker would explain the poor obverse calligraphy. Though I don't really get the point of faking a variety that doesn't exist, especially when genuine coins of Shun Zhi are available in the $2- $5 range.[/QUOTE]
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