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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chris81106, post: 504911, member: 16983&quot;]<b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>Hello Everyone,</b></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>I have had this coin for many years, but until a few days ago I knew nothing about it or its worth. Here is all the information that I found about this coin. Please let me know if it is right and how much it may be worth.</b></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>This coin is from the Qing Dynasty, under Emperor Xian Feng. 1851-1861. The front of the coin reads Hsien Feng Chung Pao. The back reads:</b></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>Top: Tang - &quot;Equal To&quot;</b></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">Bottom: Wu-Shih - &quot;50&quot;</font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">Right: Manchu Ciowan - Board of Revenue, Peking (I Think)</font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">Left: Manchu Boo – coin</font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">In looking for Peking, China I found that there is no such thing. It turns out that back in the day words would be spelled differently and what we use to call Peking is really Beijing. </font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">It wasn’t until 1949 People&#039;s Republic of China, the government adopted the pinyin transliteration method and used this to write all of the proper names. </font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">However, the West has been using the old spelling long after it has been replaced in China. It is only sometime in the 1980s that China started to enforce its official name on all flights, sea routes and official documents.</font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial">I have talk to local coin shops and search the Internet. I have found every match but the providence the coin was cast. The closest I have found was from this site:</font></b></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/hsienfeng/50ciowan.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/hsienfeng/50ciowan.html" rel="nofollow"><b><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/hsienfeng/50ciowan.html</span></font></font></b></a></font></b><font face="Arial"></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><b><font face="Arial">Check out the 48mm 49mm. That is the closest that I have found. </font></b></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><b><font face="Arial">Here are a few photos of the coin. Thank you for any information on this coin and what it may be worth.</font></b></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><b><font face="Arial"><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/chris0001981/coin2-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></b></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><b><font face="Arial"><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/chris0001981/coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></b></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b></b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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