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« on: October 20, 2016, 04:09:08 PM »

Only my 4th time out metal detecting, so quite the beginner!

Found these two coin/token type objects with square centres in close proximity of each other. One is really thin an brittle which is why it's unfortunately damaged whilst the other is much thicker.

Research on the web hasn't got me anywhere so wondering if anyone has any ideas?

Cheers

Jeff


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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 04:20:16 PM »

Jeff

They are chinese coins from what I can tell. How you would date them though I don't know. They do look to have some age to them though. Google chinese coins to see similar.

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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 04:21:43 PM »

Thanks Mark.

Don't know what they are doing in the middle of a farmers field in Cardiff!
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 04:34:00 PM »

Jeff
It never ceases to amaze me the things that we find doing our hobby Smiley.
What are they made of ?? From my little knowledge of them the brass ones are quite common but the cast iron type are rarer, bone and silver rarer still. All of the coins except the bone ones are cast unlike ours which were struck. This type of coin can date back 2000 years.
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 07:01:19 PM »

What an unusual find, good luck with the research.
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 08:48:22 PM »

I've managed to ID the coin that wasn't split as a Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty coin 1736 to 1795. These Chinese lucky coins were often held as charms on a string. As I found both close by, there's a good chance there's more to find so looking forward to see if I can find anymore when I go back out  Grin Strange finds for a farmers field!
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 06:38:28 PM »

nice intresting  finds well searched
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 09:15:46 PM »

Found similar several times, carriage bolt washers from B&Q Smiley, well done on your finds.
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2016, 10:54:29 AM »

These coins are usually referred to as CHINESE CASH coins. They would have been brought back to this country by trader back in the middle to late 18th century. That is what I learned about them back in the 1970's when many were found. ATB Tony
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2016, 02:18:58 PM »

Hello space,had this one last week,from out in the sticks,called a montempo,and this one is 100 montempo's,from 1830 to 1870,cheers Ron.


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« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2016, 06:58:20 PM »

Had a feeling there might be some more in the rough same location and I was right  Cheesy


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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2016, 07:16:20 PM »

Could be a stash of stolen cash from a Chinese -Taken-away... LOL.,or from a robbery at a  Chinese laundry,(money laundering) its hard to say with certainty as photographs are a bit "wishy-washy...!!!.... LOL..😁
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2016, 11:48:01 AM »

Could be a stash of stolen cash from a Chinese -Taken-away... LOL.,or from a robbery at a  Chinese laundry,hard to say as photographs are a bit "wishy-washy...!!!.... LOL..😁

Haha dingdong  Grin Cheesy Grin Cheesy
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2016, 07:31:21 PM »

Just found one of these coins on a Welsh beach today. Nov 29th.
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