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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2946667, member: 4373&quot;]I have been doing some research and just cannot find enough information for what I am looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m looking at Sun Yat Sen coinage from 1936 to 1943. Here are my questions - </p><p><br /></p><p>1) 1 fen coins dated 1938 and 1939. Mintage figures seem that they are somewhat common (12 million and 75 million respectively). Catalog value does not seem that they are rare. I have not yet to see any. Have you seen them? This is an example struck in 1937</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1031870.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2) Transitional period in between 1939 and 1940. It seems that there is a mix of aluminum, brass coins struck. For instance in 1940, 1 fen was struck in both aluminum and brass. 2 fen was struck in brass yet 5 fen was struck in aluminum. Why? Was it because they were struck in different provinces where some metals were more difficult to procure? I don&#039;t have an example of the 1940 1 fen in brass...</p><p><br /></p><p>1 fen</p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1036640.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2 fen</p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/999670.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>5 fen</p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1019632.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3) The existence of Shi Kwan brass coins. They seem to be a very different type. According to somewhere I read, these were struck in Yunnan. Can anyone confirm this? </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1020741.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>4) Numista reckon the portraits featured are Lin Sen. There may be more catalog that refer him. I somewhat doubt this is right as I suspect they are all of Sun Yat Sen. I&#039;m certain he was featured in earlier coins as well as on Taiwanese coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1019311.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanking in advance[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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