Foreign coin

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Found in my change today. Any ideas cause I can't read it. Also, it is more of a silvery color than what the picture shows, and the back is green from water I believe. Thanks in advance!

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

How big is it ?
I think its a copy...

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

China Republic (Chiang Kai-shek) 20 cents year 31 (1942).

Probably came to the US as a World War II souvenir.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

China Republic (Chiang Kai-shek) 20 cents year 31 (1942).

Probably came to the US as a World War II souvenir.

Sweet! Do you know metal content?

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's the extended answer (sorry) to your Q:
As part of their Fa Bi (Legal tender) reforms of 1936 the Nationalist Government introduced a series of small denomination coins at a new mint set up in Shanghai, in nickel or cupro-nickel and copper, which continued to be minted until 1942-1943. The cupro-nickel coins except for the smallest denomination, the 5 fen, had the portrait of Sun Yat-sen on the obverse and a representation of an ancient spade coin (pu) on the reverse together with the value in Chinese characters. The copper coins had an obverse design of the Chinese national sun emblem, also with a pu reverse and the denomination.
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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Wow thanks guys for help. No real value here other than the curiosity right?