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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1418168, member: 17118&quot;]As best I can tell from several Chinese resources, this is not a rare or even scarce coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Concise Chinese Coin Dictionary&quot; (简明钱币辞典) ranks this coin as a &quot;13&quot; on a rarity scale with &quot;1&quot; being the rarest and &quot;15&quot; the most common.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Chinese Copper Coin Catalog&quot; (中国铜元谱) ranks it as an &quot;8&quot; on a rarity scale with &quot;1&quot; being the rarest and &quot;10&quot; the most common.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Krause &quot;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rseuLmTlEZAC&amp;pg=PA459&amp;lpg=PA459&amp;dq=1906+sichuan+yunnan+ten+cent+coin&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=XAvA1DaQxr&amp;sig=IOziJBS2zvZ3uLHKaXynIjZKHbY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=GuGKT7LUIuWC2wX2zszlCQ&amp;ved=0CF0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=1906%20sichuan%20yunnan%20ten%20cent%20coin&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rseuLmTlEZAC&amp;pg=PA459&amp;lpg=PA459&amp;dq=1906+sichuan+yunnan+ten+cent+coin&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=XAvA1DaQxr&amp;sig=IOziJBS2zvZ3uLHKaXynIjZKHbY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=GuGKT7LUIuWC2wX2zszlCQ&amp;ved=0CF0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=1906%20sichuan%20yunnan%20ten%20cent%20coin&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000</a>&quot; (China page 459) has the coin priced at $20 in VG condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, an <a href="http://hk.f1.page.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/auction/b21181521?u=seemefailed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hk.f1.page.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/auction/b21181521?u=seemefailed" rel="nofollow">auction on Yahoo (Hong Kong)</a> which concluded a few days ago had one of these coins for sale for about US $11.00 (HK$85.00).</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the coin is worth a premium in the very best condition but the coin itself does not seem to be rare at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a collector of these particular Chinese coins and am only trying to expand my knowledge of Chinese numismatics.&nbsp; If the coin is truly rare then I would very much appreciate learning more about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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