need help IDing foreign coin please

[StormGazr]

Hi gang, newbie here....lol. Could someone please help me to id this coin my bf found? I'm sure I've seen something like it in some of the posts I've read, but cant find it now of course. Would like to find out whatever we can on it...I hope the pics come through, this is my first post here...lol (with pics anyway) Thanks in advance!!
Gazr/Tammy

 

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[bootybay]

Oh that is one awesome looking coin, unfortunately I have no clue...CAN SOMEONE HELP HIM PLEASE..

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I'm sure I've seen something like it in some of the posts I've read, but cant find it now of course.

Oh that is one awesome looking coin, unfortunately I have no clue...CAN SOMEONE HELP HIM PLEASE..

I think I saw it somewhere too, maybe while searching Chinese cash coins. I will search for it. I think its a charm.

 

[Sky_Warrior]

Well I would go to a online foreign coin dealer and send the photos to them they can give you a idea time line and country...I have never seen one with a triangle...its in great condition I would love to see the value. If you would like I will research it and pull some strings with my dealer friends with the pictures you supplied. Up to you.

 

[flyinguy]

hey, stormy, don't let us scare you away, but if we don't know we will make fun of you. been there, had that. looks mexi-chino-indo to me. no, just funnin'! i have china coins with square holes. get the script i.d. and you will win. G.L. bill oh, no manners, welcome to the site. i'm new too. nice catch.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yes, welcome stormgazr. I think I found it.Its a brass Chinese machine struck token. http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=3611
Comment by Bruce W.Smith, 14 June 2003:
The coin you asked about is inscribed CH'IEN LUNG T'UNG PAO (Qian Long Tong Bao). This inscription is copied from cash coins of Emperor Ch'ien Lung (ruled 1736-1795), but the triangular hole piece was actually made in the 20th century using machinery. The reverse shows a dragon. This piece is believed to be a souvenir from one of the worlds fairs in the United States or from a Chinatown in the USA. Some believe it is from the St. Louis worlds fair of 1904; others think it is from the Pan-Pacific fair of 1914. The pieces are rare in the far east, but fairly common in the USA. I have at least a dozen for sale right now.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

And here is the old link you may have seen. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,143863.0.html

 

[StormGazr]

And here is the old link you may have seen. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,143863.0.html

BigCypresshunter, thanks a bunch, guess I can mark this solved now...know of anyway to clean it up so its not so dark??
Thanks again,
Gazr/Tammy

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

And here is the old link you may have seen. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,143863.0.html

BigCypresshunter, thanks a bunch, guess I can mark this solved now...know of anyway to clean it up so its not so dark??
Thanks again,
Gazr/Tammy

I think its worth more with the patina, showing its age. But if you want to clean it maybe a peroxide bath.

 

[Mike Moutray]

Yes, welcome stormgazr. I think I found it.Its a brass Chinese machine struck token. http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=3611
Comment by Bruce W.Smith, 14 June 2003:
The coin you asked about is inscribed CH'IEN LUNG T'UNG PAO (Qian Long Tong Bao). This inscription is copied from cash coins of Emperor Ch'ien Lung (ruled 1736-1795), but the triangular hole piece was actually made in the 20th century using machinery. The reverse shows a dragon. This piece is believed to be a souvenir from one of the worlds fairs in the United States or from a Chinatown in the USA. Some believe it is from the St. Louis worlds fair of 1904; others think it is from the Pan-Pacific fair of 1914. The pieces are rare in the far east, but fairly common in the USA. I have at least a dozen for sale right now.

I have one exactly like that... had me stumped as it didn't show up in my chinese coin book. I knew there were many different contemporary replicas of the old cash coins but your info narrows it down nicely. HH, Mike.