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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2165922, member: 4373&quot;]This might be a good page to start off with: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://hkmal.blogspot.com/2011/02/283-china-yunnan-republic-50-cents-1920.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hkmal.blogspot.com/2011/02/283-china-yunnan-republic-50-cents-1920.html" rel="nofollow">http://hkmal.blogspot.com/2011/02/283-china-yunnan-republic-50-cents-1920.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To my knowledge, the reason why this is very common is indeed due to large amount of restrikes over a few decades. These coins may have serve trade purposes with Burma. Yunnan Province is also known for having a large silver deposit, which is also why Yunnan Province could have afforded to have plenty of silver coins struck. Despite the reduced silver content, most of other provinces could only afford to strike copper / brass / bronze coins or nickel coins. In the case of Kweichow Province, there was an experiment to circulate coins made out of antimony. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I am concerned, it looks genuine at first glance. As usual when it comes to Chinese coins, there&#039;s plenty of counterfeit but I&#039;m certain this is not one of them. I am not sure how low the silver content went - you might need a XRF reading for it. Value-wise, to compare a restrike over a coin that was struck during it&#039;s prime days - I cannot say with certainty. That said, it should be worth at least 10 dollars or more. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese coins struck in between 1900s to 1950s can be very exciting if you have an interest in it. In particular, understanding the economic situation of each province led to how coinage was affected. Provinces that were low on certain commodities attempted to strike coins of lower value which often meant that merchants rejected them. The fat man 1914 Kansu 1 yuan is one example. Such coins were to be struck around 80-90% silver whereas Kansu coins were supposedly struck with 60 - 70% silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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