Mark Stilson Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Picked up a group of coins at an estate sale. This one I'm having problems with. It doesn't really matter if its fake or not. Since the other coins I got are worth more then I paid. Got the lot for approx. silver price of the coins plus a couple bucks. I'm not sure if I have the pics right side up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Orientation is correct and coin looks okay. Xian Feng (Hsien Feng in Wade-Giles) 10 cash, appears to be Board of Revenue mint (Beijing / Peking). These were pretty unpopular (people at the time wanted "real" money), and these tended to circulate only in the Peking / capital area, at 2 cash (sometimes 3) - basically their scrap value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thank you. I could not even tell the mint from the Krause Catalog until you helped. The mint mark section did not seem to match up until I found the actual coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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