Period:Unknown Production date:1895 (date on coin)
Materials:silver (?), white metal (core),
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 39 millimetres Weight: 21.31 grammes
Description:
Silver 8-reales coin of the Republic of Mexico (forgery made/used in China, c.1900). This piece has a metal core and a plated exterior. The obverse is missing. (whole)
IMG
![图片[1]-coin; forgery BM-1996-0103.20-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Miscellaneous objects/mid_01004890_001.jpg)
Comments:For a description of such pieces made for drunken sailors, see Fred T. Wilson, Dr James Reckner (ed.), A Sailor’s Log, Kent State University Press, 2004, p. 43. ISBN-13: 978-0873387828.
Materials:silver (?), white metal (core),
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 39 millimetres Weight: 21.31 grammes
Description:
Silver 8-reales coin of the Republic of Mexico (forgery made/used in China, c.1900). This piece has a metal core and a plated exterior. The obverse is missing. (whole)
IMG
Comments:For a description of such pieces made for drunken sailors, see Fred T. Wilson, Dr James Reckner (ed.), A Sailor’s Log, Kent State University Press, 2004, p. 43. ISBN-13: 978-0873387828.
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