✅ SOLVED Unknown Chinese Coin - How old?

[SterlingSilverYT]

I found this coin in Northern California. Probably brought over here by a Chinese gold miner. I have no idea how old this coin is or even what it is. If you know what it is please let me know! Thanks!

 

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[dave wiseman]

Chinese cash coin...you date them by who the Emperor is on the coin.There are cataslogs for Chinese coins.Most are very common.The hole is to put it on a sstring as there were no pockets in most cases back at the time the coins were minted.

 

[Mackaydon]

coins of china, the Ch'ing Dynasty lung
Don.....

 

[smokeythecat]

Emperor KAO TSUNG
AD 1736-1795

reign title: CH'IEN-LUNG, AD 1736-1795 I think the boo chi mint. Got that from the website Mackaydon listed. I found one very similar a few weeks ago.

Nice save, those things are old.

 

[dave wiseman]

Had a few hundred cash coins that were found while snorkling for gold in the California motherlode gold country towns,especially Angels creek in Angels Camp.The creek runs right along sided the old Chinatown section.

 

[smokeythecat]

I found one in Maryland. Took awhile to figure it out. Looks like they were all over.

 

[SterlingSilverYT]

Smokeythecat, I believe that's what it is! Thank you very much!