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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1807725, member: 17118&quot;]Unfortunately, neither coin is rare or valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is a &quot;marriage charm&quot;.&nbsp; Your specimen is a modern reproduction (probably made in Vietnam) of a Chinese charm discussed in <a href="http://primaltrek.com/marriage.html#feng_hua_xue_yue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/marriage.html#feng_hua_xue_yue" rel="nofollow">this article</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is a &quot;fake&quot; of a very rare 20 cash (&quot;calculated weight 1 <i>liang&quot;</i>) coin cast at the Fuzhou, Fujian mint during the reign of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianfeng_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianfeng_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Xianfeng Emperor</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I compared your coin to the known varieties of authentic pieces published by Mr. <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/662065.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/662065.htm" rel="nofollow">Ma Dingxiang</a>, one of the most famous Chinese coin collectors of the last century.&nbsp; Your specimen is definitely not authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, but I only reply in the forum and do not email my posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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