gxseries Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hunting down genuine Chinese province coinage turned out to be interesting, challenging and expensive. There have been a few new additions and these are getting very difficult to find in reasonable condition as well as prices. Hope you enjoy reading! http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nice write-up. The situation with counterfeit Chinese coins is so bad that some TPGs would not even authenticate them. Finding authentic specimens in better grades is most assuredly quite the challenge. I have hundreds of early 20th century cash coins I still need to go through myself. When first starting out, the Chinese characters could well be intimidating, but after a while certain phrases, dynasty/ruler characters, and denominations kinda stick on you, even if you do not read the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Would love to do a lot more with Chinese coins, especially the Imperial era, but I think nowadays with all the fakes, and the high prices I will just stick to what I know about with cash coins and Song and Northern Sung Dynasty era coins. The only more modern, well over 100 years old now that I look for are the coins from Jiangxi and minted in Nanchang. I remember in China we were in a museum in Nanchang and I started reading the characters for the denomination on a coin - the guide with us was a bit startled that I knew what they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Good write-ups and site, and nice Kashgar 5 qian! I had a chance to pick up some Kashgar pieces (1 - 5 qian) for about $50 each a few years ago. Passed on them, but looking back it probably won't be easy to get a second chance, or at those prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 very nice, i dont have many of those provincial issues, i prefer cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Actually ccg, if you look REALLY hard, you might be able to pick some Xinjiang 5 qian for 50 dollars each even in today's market. Probably in F grade or less but doable. Picked up a G example for half that price. In fact, it seems to me that it's more abundant compared to other provinces which I thought would have more silver coins in circulation. For instance, Anhui, Jiangnan, Sichuan (nearby province) and so forth. Xinjiang silver coinage has a really large variety - probably enough to keep one occupied for the rest of his life. Contary to that, Jilin province silver coins are easier to find compared to their copper coins. Figures. The search is still on. Just picked up a really really nice Jiangnan copper coin - easily in XF grade. Won a Gansu coin so that's one down. Most of them are thankfully affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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