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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1418010, member: 4373&quot;]Won this in an auction: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/yunnan_szechuan2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just what is this coin? </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a period of time (1906-1909) when a single character is used to denote the origin of where the coin is struck or intented to circulate. While most of the coins were easy to find, some were a bit tougher for instance these:</p><p><br /></p><p>Jilin (Kirin)</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/996074.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Qingjiang (Tsingkiang)</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/999646.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jiangxi (Kiangsi)</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1002177.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yunnan</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/994174.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of my Chinese coins can be seen here: <a href="http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So why is the first coin rare? It&#039;s just a difference of one character. This coin is actually struck or circulated in the Yunnan-Szechuan Province. Note, this is very unusual because while Yunnan and Szechuan were seperate provinces, this denotes BOTH provinces. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin alone is worth more than the rest of the single character copper coins put together - it&#039;s that scarce. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you might be able to find a similar one in your dealer&#039;s junk coin box?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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