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« on: March 28, 2009, 02:56:24 AM »
Need help to identify Chinese coin below.


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« Reply #1 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.
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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 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
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009, 11:19:42 PM »
Thanks to all for the info on my Chinese Coin.
Most interesting, what a great hobby.
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 05:49:26 PM »
Thats a very nice coin great condition
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