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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8610838, member: 102103&quot;]It really looks like a fantasy to me.</p><p>It has a weird mix of old-timey characters.</p><p>The obverse text says &quot;民國廿九年&quot;&nbsp; (Republic year 29 = 1940)</p><p>But actual Chinese coinage from year 29 uses 二十九, not 廿九</p><p>I can&#039;t recall having seen 廿 on dates for any Chinese coin designs,</p><p>but apparently <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17832.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17832.html" rel="nofollow">there are</a> <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22331.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22331.html" rel="nofollow">a couple</a> from Yunnan which wrote dates that way.</p><p>Nothing that looks like the coin from the original post, though.</p><p>Here&#039;s a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=廿&amp;ct=coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=廿&amp;ct=coin" rel="nofollow">Numista list</a> of any coins with the character &quot;廿&quot;.</p><p>It&#039;s not many, and nothing looks close.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=貳拾&amp;ct=coin&amp;im1=&amp;im2=&amp;tb=y&amp;cat=y&amp;ru=&amp;ca=3&amp;no=&amp;v=&amp;i=&amp;b=&amp;d=&amp;u=&amp;a=&amp;dg=&amp;m=&amp;f=&amp;t=&amp;w=&amp;mt=&amp;g=&amp;se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=貳拾&amp;ct=coin&amp;im1=&amp;im2=&amp;tb=y&amp;cat=y&amp;ru=&amp;ca=3&amp;no=&amp;v=&amp;i=&amp;b=&amp;d=&amp;u=&amp;a=&amp;dg=&amp;m=&amp;f=&amp;t=&amp;w=&amp;mt=&amp;g=&amp;se=" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s a list</a> of coins with the text &quot;貳拾&quot; (20 in banker&#039;s numerals)</p><p>I wonder if it&#039;s inspired by the 1919 Yuan Shikai <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22879.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22879.html" rel="nofollow">20 yuan gold coin</a>.</p><p>The original coin only has the denomination 20 but no unit (yuan/jiao/fen etc.) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1514666[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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