A "yuan Shikai Dollar"

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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4841 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 9:37 pm I guess this as good a category in which to post this as any. Clearly not genuine, perhaps at one time silver plated or washed, but now obviously brass. Weight is a mere 16.66 grams. There is a spot in the edge's reeding that would appear to be where a sprue was ground off. I guess the question would be was this once a counterfeit meant to fool the ignorant or unwary when the real deal was in circulation, or just some modern (and completely unconvincing) reproduction? Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 32709 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 9:46 pm My vote is that this is a modern day, made-for-tourists piece rather than a contemporary counterfeit. It looks too crude and light to pass as a real one in actual commerce. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1932 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 10:51 pm Yeah, simply too light to possibly work as a contemporary counterfeit, and really too sloppy to be any serious numismatic fake. Does seem to have some age though... perhaps intended as a luck charm or something? Report this Post to the Staff
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