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<p>[QUOTE="manymore, post: 2112355, member: 17118"]It is Chinese, not Japanese.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription reads <i>ying sheng yuan bao</i> (應聖元寶) and the coin has a denomination of "Value One Hundred".</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins with this inscription were cast in the year 911 by the Emperor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_%28Ten_Kingdoms%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_%28Ten_Kingdoms%29" rel="nofollow">Yan</a> (Liu Shouguang <font size="4">刘守光</font>) of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youzhou#Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_Period_to_Liao_Dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youzhou#Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_Period_to_Liao_Dynasty" rel="nofollow">You Zhou Autonomous Region</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, only coins with a "Value Ten" were cast so the coin is not authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the calligraphy and casting are not correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Authentic coins are extremely rare. In 2006, <a href="http://english.cguardian.com/categories/coins/2013-11-29/137889.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.cguardian.com/categories/coins/2013-11-29/137889.html" rel="nofollow">this specimen</a> sold at an auction in China for about $39,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can read Chinese, the coin is discussed in more detail <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=EimmfkLkdhOXxbi0_EqcKlIYIJAQ5_1Bv6YhgUJdyFeR9EFmrSyjA8ku9yjhC4sUc4iwWuqiCgkiAPYfdNw_5_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=EimmfkLkdhOXxbi0_EqcKlIYIJAQ5_1Bv6YhgUJdyFeR9EFmrSyjA8ku9yjhC4sUc4iwWuqiCgkiAPYfdNw_5_" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="manymore, post: 2112355, member: 17118"]It is Chinese, not Japanese. The inscription reads [I]ying sheng yuan bao[/I] (應聖元寶) and the coin has a denomination of "Value One Hundred". Coins with this inscription were cast in the year 911 by the Emperor of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_%28Ten_Kingdoms%29']Yan[/URL] (Liu Shouguang [SIZE=4]刘守光[/SIZE]) of the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youzhou#Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_Period_to_Liao_Dynasty']You Zhou Autonomous Region[/URL]. However, only coins with a "Value Ten" were cast so the coin is not authentic. Also, the calligraphy and casting are not correct. Authentic coins are extremely rare. In 2006, [URL='http://english.cguardian.com/categories/coins/2013-11-29/137889.html']this specimen[/URL] sold at an auction in China for about $39,000. If you can read Chinese, the coin is discussed in more detail [URL='http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=EimmfkLkdhOXxbi0_EqcKlIYIJAQ5_1Bv6YhgUJdyFeR9EFmrSyjA8ku9yjhC4sUc4iwWuqiCgkiAPYfdNw_5_']here[/URL]. Gary[/QUOTE]
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