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Message:: [QUOTE="TrungQuocDon, post: 3186518, member: 97349"]I don't know, fantasy pieced and amulets (for some reason I can't link in the train, so: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numismatic_charm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numismatic_charm" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numismatic_charm</a> ) were produced back in the day and today. Xianfeng pieces with high denominations were a real thing, this occured because the state had to cover large military expenses during various crises that occurred during the mid-19th century, under the Tongzhi Emperor the government didn't cast cash coins with denominations higher than 10 wén because even Xianfeng Yuanbao cash coins with face values of 500 wén or 1000 wén were only accepted on the market as 10 wén. The government made high denomination coins during the Qing Dynasty as a means "to pay the troops", as neither the people nor the government would accept "Da Qian" (big money, or cash coins with a nominal value of 4 wén or higher) at their nominal values I would say that this piece is a fantasy, I can't tell if it's contemporary or not but as Qing Dynasty cash coins tended to be made of either yellowish brass with a black interior or brownish brass I'd say that this is a modern fantasy.[/QUOTE]