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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1346958, member: 17118&quot;]I think it is a contemporary counterfeit, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Joe has pointed out, the coin does not reflect the same high standards as the ones produced that year at the Yongsan mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, &quot;varieties&quot; of the 1898 1/4 <i>yang</i> coin may very well exist.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://bbs.chcoin.com/read.php?tid=1416551" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bbs.chcoin.com/read.php?tid=1416551" rel="nofollow">This Chinese website</a> shows coins identified as &quot;two varieties&quot; of the 1898 1/4 <i>yang</i> coin which do exhibit slight differences.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mycollect.net/trade/show-933393-2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mycollect.net/trade/show-933393-2.html" rel="nofollow">This is another Chinese website</a> showing two varieties of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether these are true varieties or just contemporary counterfeits, I&#039;ll leave to other more knowledgeable collectors to determine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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