✅ SOLVED Real or Fake?

[erfranks]

During my working from home, i get to pull out some old parts of my collection. In i have going back to stuff i have not ID'd yet. I came across this, and i just do not know enough about it to figure out. I have some old Chinese Holed coin. I know there are alot of fakes out there and you just believe everything you pick up. I have some that i have ID'd, but i have this one that is so different than the rest. I is larger than normal and has a larger square hole. and where most have 4 characters on front and mostly one or two on reverse. This has four on both sides. it is thinner that the others and looks to be bronze/iron. Thank you for any info on this coin. Happy Hunting.


last picture is one of the others compared to one i am trying to ID. for size difference.

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

VERY old coin...!
Compare to illustrations in this website, you should get the Dynasty (date range) that it was made in....
https://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#qing_dynasty_coins
Trick will be orienting the coin right-side up, to do that...!
Great Find!

 

[Mackaydon]

Cash coins were either 1, 2, 5 or 10 in denomination. The '10' was about the size of a silver dollar, the '5' about the size of a half dollar.
If your coin was smaller than these, but larger than others you have found, it should then be a coin of '2' cash.
Don.......

 

[cw0909]

maybe you can find here
https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#images of titles
https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid3.htm

 

[erfranks]

Cash coins were either 1, 2, 5 or 10 in denomination. The '10' was about the size of a silver dollar, the '5' about the size of a half dollar.
If your coin was smaller than these, but larger than others you have found, it should then be a coin of '2' cash.
Don.......

Thank you, i did not know they different denominations, that make since, i just to find with emperor to find out the age, the symbols are different on one, how can you tell front to back? I am thinking image 1 maybe is the front.

 

[erfranks]

VERY old coin...!
Compare to illustrations in this website, you should get the Dynasty (date range) that it was made in....
https://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#qing_dynasty_coins
Trick will be orienting the coin right-side up, to do that...!
Great Find!

I have been looking at Chinese Characters all day long, but i think i have an idea, but still working on it.
But it looks like Chang Ping Tong Bao, or could be Chong Ping Tong Bao, but it looking like 1790-1830.
"Chang Ping Tong Bao (常平通寶), 2 cash coin cast from 1790-1830."

 

[billb]

Congratulations on your nice collection and Happy Hunting to you also

 

[Yang Hao]

Great find. It's not often a 朝鲜 chaoxian dynasty coin is found in North America. Chaoxian is the area today known as North and South Korea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon

 

[GoldieLocks]

Are you sure it isn't a modern I Ching future telling coin?