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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2238288, member: 26302"]Yeah, you generally tell by style. Besides China, sycees also were made in Vietnam, Thailand, and other areas of SE Asia with Chinese populations. A whole bunch of Mexican 8 Reales were melted down over the years to make sycees. Earlier sycees were made by melting down Persian coins. All duties due for the silk road trade were payable in silver Persian coins, first Parthian, then Sassanid, and later Islamic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2238288, member: 26302"]Yeah, you generally tell by style. Besides China, sycees also were made in Vietnam, Thailand, and other areas of SE Asia with Chinese populations. A whole bunch of Mexican 8 Reales were melted down over the years to make sycees. Earlier sycees were made by melting down Persian coins. All duties due for the silk road trade were payable in silver Persian coins, first Parthian, then Sassanid, and later Islamic.[/QUOTE]
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