Could this coin be real? [solved]

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Hello, I found this coin (China 1912) for selling but it looks too good to be true. Seller says the coin has had no treatment.
What do you think?
To me it gives a fake impression, but I am not an expert in this kind of coins.
...you can run,  but you can't hide...
It’s not even pretending to be a coin.

Child’s toy at best....
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

Looking for pre 1783 coins
Not real in the least.
Library Media Specialist, columnist, collector, and gardener...
Not even trying to look real; the details look like those on clumsy fakes, like the Indian temple tokens supposedly products of the East India Company.
A very poor fake in my opinion, still it would be a nice token/keepsake if you collect eastern coinage
          'We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.'
                                                      Sir Winston Churchill
Thank you all for your replys.
I collect tokens with lions on them but definitely won't be paying US $119.00 for that. :))
Each individuals had their opinions. But I think that you should do your research.
That this is not a real coin is not an opinion.
Library Media Specialist, columnist, collector, and gardener...
Hi. I'm am in no way an expert on Chinese anything, but I did look around a bit and found these few images that might be of interest.

The writing (upon the left) seems to be the same as on your coin above, though I have no idea what it says or if it's a date.

And with the "crossed flags", this would seem to be a common symbol on old Chinese coins but I can only find them with one flag striped and the other with a sun-burst pattern upon it. Yours has two flags both striped.

Hope this might help.
Collector of Third Reich coins (1933 - 1946), and Australian coins.
Not swapping at this time.
On second image, reading right-to-left, the last two characters are First and Year ...
https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-japanese-34.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

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