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Title: Chinese coin Post by: KenKelowna on March 28, 2009, 02:56:24 AM Need help to identify Chinese coin below.
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/kenkelowna/chinesecoin1.jpg) (http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/kenkelowna/chinesecoin2.jpg) Thanks Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: The Doc on March 28, 2009, 02:41:10 PM I'm not an expert on these, but I think it's a coin issued in the name of the Emperor Jen Tsung, with the inscription Chia Ch'ing, AD 1796-1820. The side with two characters is the mint name, which I can't decipher.
Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: DIGGA on March 28, 2009, 02:52:52 PM HI I FOUND ONE OF THESE MANY YEARS AGO IN CORNWALL AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A TRADE TOKEN ..... THE SQUARE HOLE WAS APPARANTLY SO THEY COULD THREAD THEM ON A STRING SO THEY COULD CARRY THEM
HOPE THIS IS OF HELP Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: Charles Cater on March 28, 2009, 03:15:33 PM Ken, Yours is a 'cash' coin. Cash coins were the "pennies" of East Asia, the most common daily currency. Typically, Asian cash coins are round copper alloy coins with a square hole in the center and writing with four Chinese characters on the front. They are cast in moulds rather than stamped with dies and so are unlike the coins of the West Asian and European tradition.
Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: KANE (DES) on March 28, 2009, 10:10:55 PM hi ken
i believe the coin is of tientsin mint made for the tai,ch,inghupoo coinage in 1910-11 the mint was burnt down in1912 and rebuilt in 1914 when they started minting a different type of coin. its of cast brass and is 19mm in the reign ofhsuan-t,ung hope its what you want best regards DES Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: KenKelowna on March 29, 2009, 11:19:42 PM Thanks to all for the info on my Chinese Coin.
Most interesting, what a great hobby. Title: Re: Chinese coin Post by: ROMAN STEVE on June 15, 2009, 05:49:26 PM Thats a very nice coin great condition
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