coins found

[gp]

found these today at yard sale, paid 2 dollars, do anyone know how to tell if they are real i have no clue thanks for any help

 

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[luvmydfx]

I believe that those are chinese coins. I am pretty sure that they are real. I have seen other people post finds of similar coins. I do not know if they are worth anything though, sorry.

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[Bavaria Mike]

Chinese cash coins, probably late 1800 to early 1900s. I wonder if that is an original rod the coins are on? I'd gladly give two bucks for them! HH, mike

 

[beetle662]

Fro $2.00, even if they are not the real deal, it is still a cool find! Personally, I think they are the real deal. Not sure if they are coins or tokens of some sort, but they certainly do give the appearance of being old.

Great yard sale find!

 

[LONE GUNMAN]

those are the real deal by the apperance of them....cool find...and well worth the two bucks
keep swingin
lone gunman

 

[FoxHound0985]

Yep, those are Chinese Cash coins. They were made from B.C. up to 1911. They arent worth much individually, but you have quite a few of them there. Great find and congrats! HH!

Fox

 

[junkdigger]

Wow, and I was thrilled to find just one ! Those Chinese cash coins can be researched to find the date range from dynasty marks on one side and where they were made from mint marks on the other side. A world coins book will help, or search "Chinese coins" on the web.Your coins seem to come from diverse areas of China.Now I just gotta research about that rod that holds them!

 

[Colorado2]

Nice find GP! I found one in the ground Friday and did a little research. The square hole was dual purposed. It kept the coin from rotating while being filed after the minting process, and it was used for stringing coins on the rods you got. Think of the coins as pennies and someone wanted to sell you something for a dollar. You'd just hand him the rod with a hundred coins on it! Mine was the same as the coin in the first pic, second row, third from top. Here's a link that may help you ID them...http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/idpage.html BTW, Chinese on one side and Arabic on the other. Great find to get them on the rods!!!~CO2