My aunt just moved to China to teach English...

notlogical

...what cool coin or coins should i ask her to look for for me?

MacCrimmon

Have her bring back a Terracotta Soldier in her luggage.

Coin-wise, I'll defer to sumnom, shiro, Roy, etal.

sumnom

You can get some good deals on 1804 dollars over there.

ajaan

I taught English in Thailand for 5 years.

notlogical

<< <i>You can get some good deals on 1804 dollars over there. >>



I thought somebody might say that. There was a story on the news where I live about a guy who got a 1804 dollar from a friend when he retired from his job and he thought it was real.

shirohniichan

If she's not a coin collector she'll have a hard time distingushing good counterfeits from poor counterfeits. If you can get good counterfeits of trade dollars, they're worth about $15 each. The poor cast counterfeits aren't even worth $5.

sumnom

PRC coinage is not so bad.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>There was a story on the news where I live about a guy who got a 1804 dollar from a friend when he retired from his job and he thought it was real. >>

Sadly, an all-too-common tale. Happens every freakin' day.

notlogical

<< <i>PRC coinage is not so bad. >>




What is PRC?

sumnom

People's Republic of China. I meant that there is some nice modern Chinese coinage.

comp124

Ask her to purchase the silver and/or gold pandas.
There is a version that is sold locally. See if she can get those, I think they have a "p" on them.

notlogical

<< <i>People's Republic of China. I meant that there is some nice modern Chinese coinage. >>






<< <i>Ask her to purchase the silver and/or gold pandas.
There is a version that is sold locally. See if she can get those, I think they have a "p" on them. >>





Are there pictures I can send her in the krause catalog?

Steve27

" Have her bring back a Terracotta Soldier in her luggage."

Actually, they sell small replica sets of some of the terracotta soldiers. I would ask her to try to get a set if she visits the area (they're not expensive).

comp124

I do believe that there are pictures in Krause.
You can make a copy and send it to her, just let her know that the panda's that she is looking for have either a small d or p on the front.
Those are for local sale, the panda's that are for overseas sales do not have the initial.
I found a very reliable coin dealer in Hong Kong that had them, I do apologize, I have no idea of his name or address.
Good luck

notlogical

Thanks!