rsraghead Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 What I know is 1911 Chinese dollar. This is one of my inherited coins and i dont know didly. coin ia about 39 1/2mm across, 3 1/2 to 4 thick. You gotta remember my eye sight is getting bad. My mind too, I cant find my scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Era: Third year of the reign of Hsuan Tung (pinyin: Xuantong) = 1911 Dynasty: Ch'ing (pinyin: Qing) - which is always the case for any struck Chinese Imperial coinage I'll abstain from comment values as I'd need better pictures (incl. edge) and a weight to confirm if it's genuine, though at first glance it seems to be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thank you ccg. I will try to get you some measurements tommorow. Thats a lot more than I knew. I havnt been able to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 best image of edge i can get right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Got a much better picture of the edge at top now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thanks, but I'd still need a macro or the three sides and a weight. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 I guess im gonna have to hunt up where i put everything(including my glasses)up at then. Give me a day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 I have done some reference work on this coin and figured there arr three varieties of this 1911 Chinese dollar, the first was struck with a blurry die, the second and rarest is a clean strike with an extra spine on the tail on top of the smoke, and the third was a later strike with a dot after the word Dollar. If you look close at the R on mine, you will see it is a P with a leg added. This is correct for the first and second strikes. the weights and dimensions are atandardized on all three variieties By the way, mine is the second strike, as can be seen by the spine on top of the smoke at the end of the tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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