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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5466079, member: 110504"][USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER], for one, there are folks here who can be of Really Serious help with authenticating these. There was a whole thread about this just within the last week or so; sorry I can't remember the subject line. ...But meanwhile, from here, the patina on both of them looks like it would be more trouble to fake than it was worth. That is, from the kind of ruthlessly mercenary motives that would elicit faking in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>...Regarding Chinese cash, it's like, as is demonstrated in this forum over and over, a merely appropriate investment in the history is what gives all of this stuff real traction. ...I just posted a coin that would look like complete garbage if it weren't for that dimension of the aggregate experience --even subjectively.</p><p>Meanwhile, Congratulations on your Chinese heritage! I So Promise you, you Need to read up on it, and even invest in some books for whatever's left of your bookshelves (spacewise). This is from personal experience, in a different context. Except, it will help every time you look in the mirror (...in my case, especially from the right angle).</p><p>Hope Any of that helped. Politically incorrect as it may be to say so, Godspeed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5466079, member: 110504"][USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER], for one, there are folks here who can be of Really Serious help with authenticating these. There was a whole thread about this just within the last week or so; sorry I can't remember the subject line. ...But meanwhile, from here, the patina on both of them looks like it would be more trouble to fake than it was worth. That is, from the kind of ruthlessly mercenary motives that would elicit faking in the first place. ...Regarding Chinese cash, it's like, as is demonstrated in this forum over and over, a merely appropriate investment in the history is what gives all of this stuff real traction. ...I just posted a coin that would look like complete garbage if it weren't for that dimension of the aggregate experience --even subjectively. Meanwhile, Congratulations on your Chinese heritage! I So Promise you, you Need to read up on it, and even invest in some books for whatever's left of your bookshelves (spacewise). This is from personal experience, in a different context. Except, it will help every time you look in the mirror (...in my case, especially from the right angle). Hope Any of that helped. Politically incorrect as it may be to say so, Godspeed.[/QUOTE]
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