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PCGS certifies unique Chinese coin

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  • A real Chinese coin in a real PCGS holder.
  • Damn, those Chinese are getting good. First the coins, then the slabs and now the websites as well.image
  • TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭✭
    Bahahaha! image
  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    Congrats to Don and the rest of the PCGS board. Definitely a cause for celebration image

    Interesting distinctions between this unique example and its cousins:


    << <i>those [1911] coins have a raised "Ki" … and the dragon's tail … points toward the left. The 1910 coin was struck at the Hsusen Tung branch mint with an incuse "Ki" and the tail pointing to the right. >>


    It seems to me, that "unique" coins (or patterns, trials, etc) are often distinguished by much smaller degree. Such as an extra tail feather or an extra die mark, or more/less relief, or even the easiest variation - the metal type itself!

    But this is a completely different die!?

    The mirror-image aspect reminds me of a recent post by Brg5658 here in this thread (scroll until you see his third post, with African pairs from Togo; you'll know it when you see it).
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would imagine there are a lot of unique Chinese coins out there.

    Edit to add: I use the phrase "a lot of" in a relative way, of course.

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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, indeed! I find Qing coins, especially from this period, to be completely fascinating.


    [pedantry] The "ki" (Ji) 吉 here is the mintmark, an abbreviation of Jilin (Kirin) 吉林, which itself is a Chinese phonetic rendering of the Manchu "girin." The Chinese characters here are used only for their phonetic, not semantic value. Thus, "ki" doesn't mean "lucky" in this context. It's like a "D" for Denver on US coins. [/pedantry]
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