China coin collection from 1914

[Phil FK 3]

Anyone know anything about Chinese coins?

Today I went to a pottery out in the sticks of Singapore. Quite a fascinating ramshackle sort of place. In among all the pots etc for sales they had boxes of stuff looking like it had been gathering dust for years. There was this faded (1980?) book collection of China coins from 1914.

I was immediately interested because they didn’t look like fakes. It very difficult to out here to find coins that are not “reproductions”. That red document in the back looks like a certificate of authenticity; but of course that could also be fakeJ.

 

Think I might go back and make the guy an offer. Any thoughts on price?

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by Phil FK

[Nutsaboutcoins 105]

I'm no expert but look interesting 

[bagerap 706]

It looks like there are Yuan Shih-kai dollars also known as Fatman in there. They were first issued in 1914 and are very collectable. It's reckoned that there some 750 million made. Sadly, there's probably an equal number of fakes. My guess is that if you buy the book, tomorrow another equally dusty book will take its place.