Preservation: China - East Hopei coinage

 

East Hopei coins used to be common until it became very popular. Tough coins from this coinage would be 5 li followed by 2 jiao. Issued for only one year.

 

East Hopei 1937 2 jiao

Before

After

Gave the coin some Verdicare treatment. This is one of the first few coins I experimented. Turns out I stripped a bit more of the patina than I wanted on the obverse. Reverse turns out to be very nice.

 

10 March 2015