China Chihli Tael (Fakes are possible) 1907

Taels are generally very valuable, and this one is *really* valuable. The coin in our picture comes from Stacks Bowers Ponterio and Associates where it sold at auction for (are you ready?) $75000 US dollars back in 2010. It would be worth more today.

As with all valuable coins, and especially with valuable coins form China, counterfeits abound. There is a great thread over on China Coin Forum that discusses the differences between real and fake Pei Yang taels.

Charlene sent us a picture of her coin and we suspect it is a fake. The image below shows some obvious design discrepancies, and the overall appearance of Charlene's coin is soft and mushy compared to the sharp surfaces of the genuine coin.

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Coin: 14819, Genre: The Sinosphere, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201306, Last review: 201505
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin Chinese style
Years: sort: 1907, filter: 1907 to 1907
Image: china_chihli_tael.jpg
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