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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbreeze, post: 2762635, member: 86726&quot;]Considering I have an extensive collection (including Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) from bridge money/ant nose/knives/spades, etc. up until modern cash and have done this for a good while, I think I&#039;m qualified to comment on the potential for this coin to be legit (understanding that legit in the world of Chinese cash is a hard definition to establish).&nbsp; If you knew the series, you would understand that legit does not always mean issued by the government and referenced in a book.&nbsp; There are always exceptions and new discoveries in the land of Chinese cash.&nbsp; Even &quot;experts&quot; disagree on particular issues.&nbsp; Having viewed thousands upon thousands of cash type coins, sometimes it comes down to a feeling based on the look and feel of a particular piece.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t always have to be, &quot;Hey, here it is right here in this book or on this internet page.&quot; Consider that I have coins that are in Ding Fu Bao or Schjoth or Hartill that aren&#039;t listed in all three or even two, where do you decide who is the authority?&nbsp; Also, understand that I am saying, in hand, there is nothing that screams modern copy, it &quot;seems, feels, looks&quot; like a legitimately executed piece from an older period in time than last week even though the characters don&#039;t point to any particular piece.&nbsp; Furthermore, any expert in Chinese cash would never issue an opinion about &quot;real or fake,&quot; so to speak, without holding the coin in hand and examining it, unless it was completely obvious.&nbsp; I don&#039;t read anywhere here where TypeCoin made the declaration that it was fake (not legit, again, a hard to define concept for Chinese cash).&nbsp; As Loong Siew stated, he has never seen such a coin before...neither have I.&nbsp; But, any collector of Chinese cash would tell you that not having seen one or finding it referenced in a book does not automatically mean it is a fake coin made in a factory three days ago (incidentally, the coin was in a collection that dated to the 60s., so at worst, the coin was made in the fifties).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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