FREE: Chinese Silver Dragon Coin

The listing, Chinese Silver Dragon Coin has ended.

Moderators ~~~ This coin was incorrectly deleted and does not break any Lista rules at all, it is highly collectible and out-of-circulation currency.

(1) Chinese Silver Dragon Coin 7 Mace and 2 Candareens which were circulated between 1898-1905 and are more correctly known as Kiang Nan Dollars. There were derivatives of these issued by other provincial governments at the time, however there are also many fakes of this type of coin, produced over the past decades. Some of these have also now become collector’s items, as in order to pass them off but the silver content remains high.

Note ~~~ Silver content could be as low as 20% or as high as 70%. Lead content is almost always 30% and the filler is Iron or Tin. Some people call this alloy Stannan. These coins were struck at many different mints and there was little quality control in the striking. No records remain of the content or mintage.