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Antique Coinsby ~the-sashimi-frog

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Antique Chinese coins that a vendor had available for sale. (Is that legal?)

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~justdeva Mar 10, 2013

some antique Chinese coins are very valuable. most real coins on the market were imported many years ago. modern counterfeits are very common.........

~LimeRed-blessthefall Jan 21, 2013 Student General Artist

Yes it was legal the coins yousee are from a very old dynasty, that had their currency stolen and recenty found by archeologists, those coins are pretty much worth nothing, because there is soooo many of them that were burried.

~the-sashimi-frog Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

That figures.

~Starfish2o Dec 14, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Lol cool coins! The look old! I have two that look similliar. But I don't know if there the same. Lol luckily there in better condition then the ones in the picture. Btw why is there a string in the coins? I saw on Mulan that chinese people keep there money on strings so i'm just guessing thats why they are there.

~the-sashimi-frog Dec 14, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

The Chinese people did keep their money on a string to carry, which is why the string is there. I also have a set of coins that I bought at the airport before leaving Xian--of course, those were polished and nicely framed.

~Starfish2o Dec 15, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Ok I thought so! Lol and I didn't know you could buy coins at an airport! and I also thought polishing coins were bad? Idk but it said in books if you polish or clean coins that it takes away the natural color making it's value go down. Sadly I dd that with all of my coins lol

~the-sashimi-frog Dec 15, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

I read that as well, which was why I left the coins in their "natural" state. The ones i got at the airport were a decent quality as well, framed and matted within a keepsake box listing the age of the coin and the time it was in use.

~Starfish2o Dec 16, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Wow that is soo cool! And informational! Haha. Very nice find.

=GeneralTate Sep 6, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

there legal

~Dadial Nov 5, 2010

^{Nice i got one too [link]}

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