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MR168MR168 Posts: 78 ✭✭
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Does anyone have info on this empire gold coin? How can you tell if it's a fake? What's the weight of it?
"Board of revenue. Tai Ching Gold Coin. One Teal Pattern, with reeded adge."
Year Ting-Wei(1907)
Thanks!

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The tael was a unit of weight, which varied according to geographic region, time period and what was being weighed, but I believe a "tael" of gold (also known as a liang) should weigh a bit over an ounce.

    If I read the Krause correctly, a pattern "Peking Tael" 1 liang coin, in gold, dated 1907, is listed (KM Pn302) with a CV of $24,750.
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Do you have an image of the coin? It would be a privilege to see it should it turn out to be real.
  • MR168MR168 Posts: 78 ✭✭
    Thanks, Sapyx.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    If you could provide an image we could give you considerably more help, especially if you are wondering if it is real.
  • MR168MR168 Posts: 78 ✭✭
    I will try to get an image.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Thanks. I would love to see it.
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