Just finished compiling what I had. A very neat coinage and this should be of interest to American collectors as the dies were prepared at Philadelphia mint. Early coins were struck in Shanghai as well as Austria. Most of these coins are actually very affordable with the exception of some (as with many other type sets). I think if you set aside some lunch money, this can be quite achievable - unless prices drastically increase (like with MANY of the projects I started magically increase in price - investors take note?) I personally found the 1936 20 fen (Austrian) and the 1943 1/2 yuan quite tough. As this set is something that I didn't take it seriously - this may be easier or tougher than expected with some of the holes that I'm missing. Enough talk! http://gxseries.com/numis/china/republic/china_republic.htm
Very interesting. I'm going to read everything in the link after i comment. I'm quite ignorant of the geography over there; so is the rep of china different than mainland china? After the period ending in 48, does it become something else? Why did you focus on this time range? Ive come accross some of these coins and kept some of the better looking ones.
Republic of China was mainland China before the communists took over. When they won, the republican government fled to Taiwan. So Taiwan is the heir of the Republic of China. The current mainland China is called People's Republic of China.
You know, gx, I'm really wondering if this is actually what is happening! When something is presented clearly (albeit maybe not the most attractive of presentations for the latest generation of metrosexual morons -I'm referring to my own site...), it seems that some people start to take notice. If I may be so bold as to suggest, I fear that the current surge in interest and prices in S. Korean coins (in Korea and elsewhere) may be due to the information I posted at my site in English... I really don't care if it was me that was responsible (probably not), but if I am... Ain't I just shootin' myself in the foot? I mean, I buy these dang things! DOH! Anyway, the China Republic is a great additional page to your compendium of coin info.
I can guarantee you that I built my South Korea Type Set after viewing your collection. I think that is called inspiration.
Korean coins... I can relate. I started this back in 2009 according to this that I've designed almost a decade ago http://gxseries.com/ct/korea_1959_type_pg1_small.jpg Couple more prototypes that was stashed away. http://gxseries.com/ct/korea_5w_pg1_small.jpg http://gxseries.com/ct/korea_1970_pg3_small.jpg I'll be honest and say that I'm really lucky to have a head start to get to where I am.
WOW, and I was going to ask about North Korea's coins that I recently finished labeling for photo work. This one had that beat in 'difficulty'. Good Luck. I am trying to find some World Error Coin sites as I have some that really slowed me down due to appearance of the coins, any help at all would be appreciated, thanks
