✅ SOLVED Early Oriental Coin Sword?

[CarGirl]

Early Chinese Coin Sword with Emperor HSUAN TSUNG AD 1821-1850 Coins

I have a bunch of things that my Mom inherited from an elderly lady she took care of that traveled the world. She was very much into archaeology and collecting all types of artifacts. Now I have inherited everything from my Mom and need some direction.

Here is one of several things that I just have no clue about and I don't even know what it is really so I don't know where to post questions.

Any help and/or redirect of this post would be greatly appreciated!

All I know about this one is that it could be an Early Oriental Coin Sword?
About 18 inches long



Coins close up:



If you need more photos just let me know...

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

A very interesting piece. I cannot wait to find out more about the item.

 

[CarGirl]

A very interesting piece. I cannot wait to find out more about the item.

Very interesting and odd. I can't wait to find out either!

 

[Deftone]

Coin swords are hung in homes as a charm of sorts. For health, wealth and to ward off evil.

 

[CarGirl]

Coin swords are hung in homes as a charm of sorts. For health, wealth and to ward off evil.

Any clue where the era and location this might be from?

 

[Mackaydon]

'Coin-swords were a form of talisman used in south China to ward off evil influences, especially those inducing fever. They were made by tying together 'cash' (the pidgin term for Chinese coins with a square hole in the middle) on to an iron rod.'
Source:
British Museum - coin-sword
Don......

 

[CarGirl]

'Coin-swords were a form of talisman used in south China to ward off evil influences, especially those inducing fever. They were made by tying together 'cash' (the pidgin term for Chinese coins with a square hole in the middle) on to an iron rod.'
Source:
British Museum - coin-sword
Don......

Thank you so much! Do you have any idea how to tell which emperor this one would be from or even how old this sword actually is?

Per the British Museum: "The coins in this sword are almost all coins of the Qianlong emperor (1736-95). However, it is thought that coin-swords made with coins of his grandfather, the Kangxi emperor (1662-23), were even more effective in driving away evil influences."

 

[HuntinDog]

Are all of the coins the same??
Here is the info on the one you showed.
form:
coins of china, the Ch'ing Dynasty kuang
[h=2]Emperor HSUAN TSUNG
AD 1821-1850[/h][h=3]Reign title: TAO-KUANG, AD 1821-1850[/h]

S-1512, "BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency".

 

[diggummup]

It looks good to me. The coins appear to have been on there a while judging by the patina. They usually cover the entire length of the rod. So yours is in need of some repair. Though not particularly rare, it's still a nice piece.

 

[xr7ator]

That may explain, at least partially, where all those coins come from as many on here, me included, have dug several.

 

[CarGirl]

Are all of the coins the same??
Here is the info on the one you showed.
form:
coins of china, the Ch'ing Dynasty kuang
[h=2]Emperor HSUAN TSUNG
AD 1821-1850[/h][h=3]Reign title: TAO-KUANG, AD 1821-1850[/h]

S-1512, "BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency".

Wow, thank you!

No they are not. From what I can tell there are at least two different coins and one is larger than the other.

Here's a front and back shot showing both. I tried to fins the ones that were loose with the least patina.

 

[HuntinDog]

Looks like they are all by the same mint, the side with two characters.
It reads left - right Boo - Coiwan
The front with four characters reads, top-bottom-right-left.
Chai-Ch'ing-T'ung-Pao


[h=2]Emperor JEN TSUNG
AD 1796-1820[/h][h=3]Reign title: CHAI-CH'ING, AD 1796-1820[/h]

 

[CarGirl]

Thank you so much for your help! This boxes of unknown things I inherited has been interesting but a time consuming chore at the same time.

 

[sagittarius98]

That's a really cool find. I'm sure there are replicas of this in China nowadays but your coins are genuine. If you want more specifics I can look up the coins you posted at least in the Hartill catalog which narrows down the dates of production based on the shape of the characters.

 

[CarGirl]

Thank you, that would be great!

 

[sagittarius98]

Thank you, that would be great!

First one posted is DH #22.578 made between 1824-1850. The Jen Tsung ones are always hard for me to identify the DH # because there are a lot of types that have little difference so I'm not sure on those.

 

[CarGirl]

First one posted is DH #22.578 made between 1824-1850. The Jen Tsung ones are always hard for me to identify the DH # because there are a lot of types that have little difference so I'm not sure on those.

Thank you so much, I appreciate your help!