✅ SOLVED Help with Chinese coin

[BladeRunner2019]

I found this today. I know nothing about these coins other than they have square holes.

I know there isn't a lot of detail to go on, but any information about it would be appreciated. It's slightly larger than a nickel.

This is my first Chinese coin.

Thanks for the help.

 

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[Mackaydon]

The reverse appears to be this:

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

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

Mack is spot on nice ID mack These coins are found everywhere and some can be really old! so if your interested or what the guide to id any more you may find here you go: CHINESE COIN IDENTIFICATION - Calgary Coin Gallery Also if you have any questions about Chinese Cash Coins the Guy who owns Calgary Coin is very nice and professional

 

[BladeRunner2019]

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[BosnMate]

One reason there are so many of these coins around is they were used as decoration on baskets. I remember 70 + years ago my grandmother, mother and one aunt all had Chinese sewing baskets with coin decorations on the top, because I was fascinated by the coins being used like that, and managed to get them off the top of Mom's basket to play with. I don't recall getting in trouble over it, probably because I was always in trouble anyhow.

 

[BladeRunner2019]

Found it!!

Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction. It's the Shan-Lung.



Ch'ien-lung is thought of as one of the most brilliant rulers in Chinese history. He was a patron of the arts, which reached a very high level during his reign. His is also one of the few Chinese emperors to abdicate the throne, which he did to honor K'ang Hsi (his father) by ending his reign just before it would have exceeded the length of K'ang Hsi's reign.

There are two basic series to the coins of Ch'ien-lung. The primary series has the regular Ch'ien-lung inscription, produced at many mints throughout his reign. The second type is referred to as the Shan-lung commemorative issue, with two upright strokes added to the bottom of the character "Lung", and is thought to have been issued during the period from his abdication in 1795 to his death in 1799. (Can anyone confirm this for me?)

 

[Yang Hao]

I can't confirm the reason why the character changed to 隆 (long) but I have information regarding what you call the Ch'ien lung coin ( that is the wade giles romanization of chinese. the pinyin is qian long). the photo on the left with the extra strokes was minted later and is called in Chinese 新疆红钱 xinjiang hongqian. It's made of red copper and was minted in the xinjiang region of china after emperor qianlong (Ch'ien lung) entered that part of china and controlled it. You can see both coins are different colors.

I can confirm that the character 隆 long (lung) with the extra strokes is used to this day in chinese as a last name. It was not uncommon during emperor times that new chinese characters were created to mean the name of the emperor etc. For example the character 尧 yao that was created as the name for emperor Tang Yao (2200 B.C.). One more note, The golden colored coin (shan-lung) that character version of long (lung) is not used in modern chinese. Hope this helps. Happy treasure hunting.

Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction. It's the Shan-Lung.

Ch'ien-lung is thought of as one of the most brilliant rulers in Chinese history. He was a patron of the arts, which reached a very high level during his reign. His is also one of the few Chinese emperors to abdicate the throne, which he did to honor K'ang Hsi (his father) by ending his reign just before it would have exceeded the length of K'ang Hsi's reign.

There are two basic series to the coins of Ch'ien-lung. The primary series has the regular Ch'ien-lung inscription, produced at many mints throughout his reign. The second type is referred to as the Shan-lung commemorative issue, with two upright strokes added to the bottom of the character "Lung", and is thought to have been issued during the period from his abdication in 1795 to his death in 1799. (Can anyone confirm this for me?)