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I have placed below an e-mails from Mr. Thomas Chow of Hong Kong, by which it is self-explained.
I refered the coin to my friend in Shanghai, who forwarded to his
teacher, 孫仲匯先生 Mr. Sun Zhong Hui. The following is the comment: Mr. Sun had mentioned the similiar coin in his book: "The Appreciation of Coins", ISBN7 - 80530 - 081 - X / J.084 published by the Shanghai Pictorial Publishing Company. The phote was shown on photo no. 307, page 142; description on page 140: 歷年所見以光緒寶津背上錕字最為奇特, 此錢外緣被修磨成八角形, 錕為劍名, 又指赤金, 在此不知何意. Unfortunately, when Mr. Sun saw the print out of your coin, he said the coin is most probably a counterfeit one, but no further detail to support his argument. Best Regards, Thomas Chow This is another email received on 19 Apr 2000, from Mr. Kentarou Ono of Japan. Mr. Kentarou Ono has a very rich collection of Chinese Ch'ing cash. He also maintains some Web sites: such as Philatelist (English) and Numismatist (Japanese). My friend of Ching cash collector says, "This coin is a counterfeit." "The face characters are different from Kuang Hsu coins." "Few years ago, the same back characters coins were sold at Chine." I am collecting some more informations. Regards, Thanks indeed to Mr. Sun Zhong Hui, Mr. Thomas Chow and Mr. Kentarou Ono for their valuable information about this Kuang Hsu T'ugn Pao. I agree with Mr. Sun's comment. I find that the mint mark (Pao Ching) in Manchu script of this copper cash is completely different from the normal Pao Ching copper cash. This copper cash looks like those Kuang Hsu cash cast in Yunnan or cash of Ming Dynasty Pretenders. It looks like the "One Thousand Characters" series too 千字文系列. We can find the lines of woody pattern on the surface of this cash. This cash looks old, and the mint mark "Kun" is not so common. It is just a century from now to Kuanghsu period, most of the numismatic references are still in existfence. Moreover, Kuang Hsu Tung Pao is not rare coin. I hardly understand that if this cash is a fake. |
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| Obverse | Reverse | Description |
 |  | No. 133 |
| Diam. 20 mm | ||
| Wt. 1.9 g. | ||
| Rareness C | ||
| Mint Evolution & Peculiarity | ||
| I have tried most of the big libraries in Hong Kong, but I don't find any minting reference about this copper cash. It denotes from the inscriptions it was cast in Pao-Ching Mint [Peiyang Arsenal Mint in Tientsin of Hopei Province] during Kuang Hsu reign of the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese character "Kun" appears above the hole on the reverse. This is an unknown cash to me, but to you? | ||
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