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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7718348, member: 102103&quot;]Probably would need to show pictures of individual examples to get an educated guess.&nbsp; Older Chinese coins are not that rare, so it&#039;s not impossible that they might be authentic.&nbsp; But... the replicas/fakes are produced in such massive quantities that it&#039;s safest to assume that a random Chinese coin seller on eBay is selling fakes.&nbsp; Unless they have an established reputation of selling legitimate coins, it&#039;s safer to stay well away.&nbsp; You can look for a natural patina and wear pattern to give a chance that they are real, but coins can be artificially aged to fool non-experts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two coins which I think are probably authentic to show what a typical-condition copper cash looks like after ~1000 years.&nbsp; Depending on the alloy composition and where it lay over the years, the condition can vary greatly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yuan You (Northern Song) cash 1086-1093</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1323526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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