Hello! I have three coins that I believe are Chinese and I am having trouble finding the dates. Could someone please help me out? I am also wondering if any of them are fake. Here are the images:
I'm not sure about the two cash coins (the first one looks good, the second a bit suspicious) but the "silver" coin is definitely a fake.
The characters of the emperor's name on the obverse are "宣統" or Xuantong; this does not match up with the reverse, which says "33rd YEAR OF KUANG HSU" (if it were genuine, like the coin in Arusak's last link, either the Chinese characters would be "光緒" or the emperor's name in Latin alphabet would be "HSIEN LONG"). This is a classic example of ignorant forgers creating impossible types.
Citeer: "CassTaylor"The characters of the emperor's name on the obverse are "宣統" or Xuantong; this does not match up with the reverse, which says "33rd YEAR OF KUANG HSU" (if it were genuine, like the coin in Arusak's last link, either the Chinese characters would be "光緒" or the emperor's name in Latin alphabet would be "HSIEN LONG"). This is a classic example of ignorant forgers creating impossible types.
I agree.
Did you try a magnet?
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
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Thank you so much for the help! I apologize CassTaylor and PetrusAscanus for replying so late. I didnt get a notification so I never realized you two replied. I tried a magnet on the coin and it picks it up, so I guess it is fake.
Citeer: "ethanmlego"Thank you so much for the help! I apologize CassTaylor and PetrusAscanus for replying so late. I didnt get a notification so I never realized you two replied. I tried a magnet on the coin and it picks it up, so I guess it is fake.
If you see a coin like that, the first thing to do is using a magnet.
If it sticks to the magnet, it is fake (or replica/forgery)
BUT: if it not sticks, will not mean it is real.
Then you proceed to the next simple silver test: the ping or ring test.
And then the rest of the silver tests: http://www.silvercoins.com/fake-silver-coins-14-ways-to-spot-counterfeits/
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Citeer: "PetrusAscanus"If you see a coin like that, the first thing to do is using a magnet.
If it sticks to the magnet, it is fake (or replica/forgery)
BUT: if it not sticks, will not mean it is real.
Then you proceed to the next simple silver test: the ping or ring test.
And then the rest of the silver tests:
http://www.silvercoins.com/fake-silver-coins-14-ways-to-spot-counterfeits/
