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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 201274, member: 669&quot;]Start by going to <a href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm#some" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm#some" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, and scroll down to the chart of the Japanese numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the Japanese numbers are actually Kanji (Chinese characters), you now have a way to read the date on Chinese Coins.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Taiwan, the Post-Imperial Chinese Republic, and the People&#039;s Republic of China, all date their coins in the year of the Republic, which is 1912, so once you have the Republic Year, just add 11 and you have the Western Calendar date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most milled Chinese Imperial coins, national or provincial, and for the Japanese-occupied areas, are dated in the year of the ruling Emperor&#039;s reign.&nbsp; Conversion to western dates requires knowledge of the characters for the Emperors&#039; names and the years they reigned.&nbsp; I usually rely on Krause listings to date those coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on the date and country, the characters for the date may be in the traditional Asian right to left order, or the modern left to right sequence.&nbsp; Just look for the &quot;nen (year)&quot; character - it will always be at the end of the date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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