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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrShemp, post: 1992227, member: 70197&quot;]Thanks for the reply!</p><p><br /></p><p>The more I&#039;ve looked at it and the more I&#039;ve read now I think you&#039;re right that the Mon isn&#039;t the real McCoy - the casting is a bit crude (the round centre hole is caused by metal rather than grot) and the white marks look very similar to old worn-down paint. I&#039;m guessing, but I think that the Mon is either an old period forgery or a reproduction that was painted up and used as a decoration or a lucky charm maybe? </p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese cash&#039;s round centre hole is again caused by the metal casting not being perfect, the calligraphy on the coin isn&#039;t perfect either. Again, this is a guess but because it doesn&#039;t seem as &#039;modern&#039; as the Mon, I think that it may be another period forgery or just a poorly-made provisional example of the coin? More research might be due I think!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Vietnamese coins&#039;s centre holes are being rounded by a build-up of Grot though, the larger of the two coins has a pronounced built-up of the stuff especially on its reverse (of which I can see some details peeping though). The calligraphy looks a lot crisper and well rendered on these two and the casting is a lot more refined. Another guess, but I think that these are the real deal based on these things. </p><p><br /></p><p>I never thought that these had much in the way of value, but the clarification is much appreciated! You&#039;re definitely right in that I had my values worth in terms of getting some really interesting coins and learning a lot more about an area I had next to no knowledge of before. The references of those books would be much appreciated too if that&#039;s not any trouble! </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the fact that they don&#039;t have much in terms of value, and that the cash are quite grotty, I&#039;m going to try giving them a clean by soaking them in distilled water to see if I can bring out any of their details. Is this something you would recommend? I&#039;m not sure how successful that this will be but I think that most of the dirt is just surface-based and will hopefully bring out these coins a bit more without too much effort, fingers crossed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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