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I found this laying beside the road. It appears to be a Yuan Shikai dollar. Any ideas?

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Reminds me of those modern counterfeits that have flooded ebay.

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Good chance it's magnetic although not all fakes are. Peace Roy

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  • MasonGMasonG Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Sokr8teze said:
    The writing on the obverse is still a quandary yet to be solved.

    It doesn't appear to be writing to me, it looks like the same pattern repeated five times.

  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
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    Its not writing, it is a poor rendition of bats. It is imitating YS-S55 found on Page 122 of Coole's Coins in China's History, 4th Ed.

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep, it's a fake/fantasy, with "bats" replacing the usual date-characters.

    In China, bats are a symbol of good luck, because the word for "bat" is pronounced "fu", exactly the same as the word for "fortune" or "good luck".

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  • Sokr8tezeSokr8teze Posts: 4 ✭
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    Quandary solved. Thank you all!!

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    looks fake to me. Whats the chances a valuable coin is found lying on the road.

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  • Sokr8tezeSokr8teze Posts: 4 ✭

    Could be. I don't recognize the writing on the obverse. Certainly not Chinese.

  • Sokr8tezeSokr8teze Posts: 4 ✭

    My thanks to all who were generous with their time in answering my question. I'll assume this to be a forgery, for now.
    The writing on the obverse is still a quandary yet to be solved. I have seen that style before, I just can't lay my finger on where. Perhaps I shall suffer through the end language credits to a movie and see if something looks similar. It is also non magnetic. If it serves no other purpose, at least it is a conversation starter.

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