China Republic [opgelost]

I lave looked 3 times and I cannot find this in Krause. I am certain it is China Republic. Any thoughts?
Paul

Thats the type of coin, if you paid less than 500 USD for it its probably a fake, if you paid more than 500 USD for it then chances are high that it is a fake.

sorry sarcastic post but be very careful with older chinese large size silver coins. Soo many fakes out there, almost only real chance to get an original one is to buy directly from reputable auction houses or to get a graded example from NGC PCGS. Also graded fakes exist but here you can veryfy with the grading number on the slabs.

sorry hope not to dissapoint you,

Paul

Will have a look - and on first image is Year 18 date numbers right to left 十 八 10 8 = 18.

I guess I was wondering how to identify it. What is its number?
Paul

For me it's a fake too.
The reverse side looks like the one used for the Sun Yat Sen dollar Flags and Globe.

They often use this portrait to create fake coins that doesn't exist.

Cycnos is correct, several fake types exist which do not have an authentic couterparts, some with new type of busts, some with animals such as Dragons or also vehicles such as a car on the obverse.

I hope that in future I will be able to make a nice Numisdoc which will list many and at some point maybe all copies.

another side comes from this coin

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27398.html

That is such a shame but at least I know why I could not find it. I think I will keep it just for the interest. Thanks everyone,
Paul

In my books anything old, Chinese and silver is fake until proven otherwise thanks to the great leap forward and the uncountable "entrepreneurs" in the field of "metal works".

in a chinese shop, (most fakes) you can buy this 2 jiao year 18 sun yat sen as gold coin,
but i have never saw this coin in books before...