My first Qing-dynasty Chinese coin.

[nuggetshooter323]

Daoguang Emperor (also known as Xuanzong) (1821-1850)

I can't believe I found this in an old park downtown in the worst iron-contaminated area. It had the numbers and tones of a corroded nickel on my Legend.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Congratulations. I have not found any, but I got a lot of them from my grandma in 1966. I need a resource to figure them out. The writing makes it hard.

 

[mjb Mike]

thats funny i just found one sat nice find

 

[nuggetshooter323]

Congratulations. I have not found any, but I got a lot of them from my grandma in 1966. I need a resource to figure them out. The writing makes it hard.

Do a search for "square hole Chinese coins." I found a chart with pictures with all of them shown. The reverse is the side with the two characters and the character on the right is the mint where it was made. I couldn't match that to anything because it's too corroded.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool find !

Back in the 1930's - 50's they had no real value but they were often used as decorations.
It was popular to use them on Sewing Baskets like the one in the photo here.

 

[Yang Hao]

Do a search for "square hole Chinese coins." I found a chart with pictures with all of them shown. The reverse is the side with the two characters and the character on the right is the mint where it was made. I couldn't match that to anything because it's too corroded.

Making a guess, because it's hard to read, it looks to be the 满文 manchu script 泉 which would put the minting location in Beijing (if the coin is authentic)

宝泉局 [bǎo quán jú]

 

[nuggetshooter323]

Making a guess, because it's hard to read, it looks to be the 满文 manchu script 泉 which would put the minting location in Beijing (if the coin is authentic)

宝泉局 [bǎo quán jú]

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Would the counterfeits have been old ones from China? I don't think the coins had enough value in America for it to be worthwhile to make them here. Unless the Chinese immigrants themselves made them here for trade with each other.

 

[Yang Hao]

Why did I say "if authentic"? Here is an example I took from a Chinese language video comparing two kangxi coins. According to the video, the coin on the right is a real kangxi coin the coin on the left is a copy(fake). It's obvious just by looking at them the quality is much different. For example the character strokes on the copy are flatter and blotchy. Plus the characters seem to be running into the square border. Looking at your coin the 通 and the 寶 seems to have that similar "running" into the square hole border and that flatter/blotchy look as well. Therefore, going by this video example, it's a possibility your coin is a copy.

Happy Hunting.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Congratulations. I have not found any, but I got a lot of them from my grandma in 1966. I need a resource to figure them out. The writing makes it hard.

Try this site, it has drawings and photos to help key the coin out. By the size of hole in that thing, it is sure old enough...! The other website has nothing but photos.
Nice find!

Chinese Coins

History and images of Chinese coins and other ancient forms of money

primaltrek.com

https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#yung%20cheng

 

[Digger RJ]

Daoguang Emperor (also known as Xuanzong) (1821-1850)

I can't believe I found this in an old park downtown in the worst iron-contaminated area. It had the numbers and tones of a corroded nickel on my Legend.


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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Cool find !

Back in the 1930's - 50's they had no real value but they were often used as decorations.
It was popular to use them on Sewing Baskets like the one in the photo here.

They were worn on clothing too!
In America, they were reminders of home, their families, their heritage…!