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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5210978, member: 110226&quot;]I used to collect Chinese dollars many years ago, but stopped due to climbing prices even then (1980s - 1990&#039;s) for the scarce to rare coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could provide you with the enigmatic rise in Fat Man dollar prices, given the absolutely astronomical mintage figures for this coin, a coin that was re-struck in massive quantities, with an estimated total mintage of 750,000,000 (Krause) over the span of several decades.&nbsp; Not only was this coin minted in large numbers, it, and other Chinese dollars are faked, most pretty badly, some better quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese coins that I purchased came from knowledgeable, trusted sources, such as Rick Ponterio, Al Tom, Karl Stephens and Scott Seamens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Chinese Soviet dollar (1934) that I purchased from Al Tom back in the early 1980&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>26.0 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215530[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the current market, I would only purchase Chinese dollars from trustworthy sources, a good general policy and even more so with a field having so many.&nbsp; fakes.&nbsp; I would avoid buying Chinese dollars on eBay and certainly any coins being offered from China.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caveat Emptor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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