Hey guys. I recently joined this Numista community to search more information on my coins. Actually right now I own an old Chinese coin from 1905 with « KWANG-HSI TEN CASH » written on it. I bought it in a Chinese flea market from a poor old man ( he was probably selling his old stuff to earn some money ). I did some research on internet about this coin but found very little information, almost everything I found was about a similar coin with a « KWANG-TUNG » inscription on it and it was priced at about $30. All the information I found on my coin was on this site and apparently it had a 91 rarity index. I also found two auctions were this coin was previously sold for $11.358 and 12.000. I am right now wondering if I could sell my coin for about the same price or at least know if it is actually real or fake (this coin looks absolutely genuine with some natural patina and just a little bit of scuffs and even after some close examination it still seems absolutely real).
The coin isn’t graded but it looks as somewhere between AU50 and XF. Can someone please give some more detailed information about it or help me make a difference between a real or a fake.
