Please help me identify my coin and it's value

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It was China Tibet gold 1/2 Rupee,
I believe it was made in 1902-1903
Has been test it is gold coin.
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For reference, your coin is similar to this one in the catalogue, though there are significant differences of style. Others with more expertise on that part of the numismatic world will be able to help you more...
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9.38 gr ( 24mm?)....your pic are similiar of Y#2...maybe the pic here on numista is wrong (small bust).
The value for VF/XF is 2000/2750$.
I am afraid this is a goldplated replica.
The details are too crude to be good.
You should compare the weight (exactly) and the dimansions.
There are some test to make sure it is solid gold
The style of the bust is more like this:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces91456.html
For goldplating some different layers of metal are put on the metal, before the gold is applied.
It makes the details deform or dissapear
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Thanks all, the coin I weighted was 9.47 gram.
By using specific gravity test, this coin is not gold plated, it is real gold and the weight is 9.47 grams.
https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Very-Rare-China-Tibet-Gold-1-2-Rupee-Fantasy/152844377678?
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/tibet/china-tibet-theocracy-kuang-hsu-gold-off-metal-1-2-rupee-nd-1905-au55-ngc-/a/3058-37107.s#auction-description
The pic is correct...so your are probally a replica.
Here is similar coin from Numista but it was silber
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces91456.html
Seems, there are many varies.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=Rupee+-+Guangxu&p=1&x=11&y=12
yes, but yours seems to be a fantasy coin
Цитата: "easy.dog"yes, but yours seems to be a fantasy coin
More than that, the coin you linked to, above:
Цитата: "eazy.dog"https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Very-Rare-China-Tibet-Gold-1-2-Rupee-Fantasy/152844377678?
​is exactly the same coin that jlin496 is asking about.

I looked in my old Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, 4th ed (1976) where he doesn't list this coin, but says that many "gold coins" are just impressions from silver dies, as this one appears to be. So, PetrusAscanus is right to link to this silver coin. So, the eBay seller is honest in saying "fantasy". I don't think I would pay $780 for a fantasy, though.

EDIT: It looks like the original asking price was $1800, but the seller accepted an offer of $780:

Dec. 27 Dec. 28
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As we all know, if a coin is rare and valuable, the chinese make copies/forgeries, even in silver or gold.
The details are crude, as I would expect from a chinese forgery, and the dirt between the leaves is suspect too.
Here is a similar forgery:
https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=2894577&AucID=2874&Lot=498&Val=deca11609d7a430bbedfaf8e712af2d3
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
The only thing I cannot figure out is, normally replica or forgery coin was made by brass or silver. but this one is solid gold about 22k.
As I said: if it is valuable and rare, they make replica's in silver or gold
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Some of those coins were actually struck in gold long time ago with the dies for the silver coins ─ well before the current Chinese counterfeit industry. The one you have may well belong to that period if, as the weight suggests, it is made of gold. I don't know whether it could possibly be a lead core plated with gold. As PetrusAscanus pointed out, the details are crude, but the coin is also worn and perhaps it is a weak strike as well.
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I have read literature regarding this coin

"The Szechuan Rupee had on its obverse the half-length portrait of Emperor Kuang Hsu. It may be the earliest coin that carried the portrait of an emperor in China. [SCOWC (page 1709) stated that similar crown size pieces struck in silver and gold are fantasies. Refer to Unusual World Coins, 2nd edition.] "

What is the meaning of SCOWC?
Цитата: "jlin496"​What is the meaning of SCOWC?
​Standard Catalog of World Coins

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