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<p>[QUOTE="mrbreeze, post: 3498164, member: 86726"]As I have said before and as Ken has said, calling cash coins "real," "fake" or "fantasy" is not an absolute. When you are dealing with cast chinese coins, the terms real and fake can't be used without defining your parameters for such a label. I usually classify these coins a few ways. My very loose classifications would be:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Coins intended for commerce made by the existing authority to mint such coins</p><p>2. Coins made by other entities or even authorities at the time to replicate current coins - palace coins, one-offs, poem coins, etc.</p><p>3. Coins made as charms that may or may not match existing coins of the time</p><p>4. Modern charms, fantasies, etc</p><p>5. Coins made intentionally to deceive consumers of the time or collectors of this time</p><p><br /></p><p>I would classify these coins as #4 from the pictures provided. With all cast coins, an "in hand" evaluation is always your best bet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add a little clarification...A coin made as a charm is a "real" coin. A coin made for a monetary profit in the last 100 or so years trying to duplicate a coin from antiquity and intended to pass as a coin from the prior eras is "fake."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbreeze, post: 3498164, member: 86726"]As I have said before and as Ken has said, calling cash coins "real," "fake" or "fantasy" is not an absolute. When you are dealing with cast chinese coins, the terms real and fake can't be used without defining your parameters for such a label. I usually classify these coins a few ways. My very loose classifications would be: 1. Coins intended for commerce made by the existing authority to mint such coins 2. Coins made by other entities or even authorities at the time to replicate current coins - palace coins, one-offs, poem coins, etc. 3. Coins made as charms that may or may not match existing coins of the time 4. Modern charms, fantasies, etc 5. Coins made intentionally to deceive consumers of the time or collectors of this time I would classify these coins as #4 from the pictures provided. With all cast coins, an "in hand" evaluation is always your best bet. Edited to add a little clarification...A coin made as a charm is a "real" coin. A coin made for a monetary profit in the last 100 or so years trying to duplicate a coin from antiquity and intended to pass as a coin from the prior eras is "fake."[/QUOTE]
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