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- Thread starter Snowmansta
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Chinese Knife Money
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No clue but it’s cool!
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Definitely Chinese Knife Money. If it’s not a reproduction it dates to B.C., I think.
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The Minneapolis journal. (Minneapolis, Minn.), 29 Aug. 1903
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...ance=10&rows=20&searchType=advanced&sort=date
Again. Like Cache coins, Used in the Chinese Gambling Dens in the Late 1800's,
early 1900's to play Fantan
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Mark it "Solved"
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sagittarius98
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My guess is replica, most of these are replicas and yours looks similar. I'd get it checked out by a Chinese coin expert though to be sure, if real it's pretty valuable.
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