What kind of coin is this? Age? Value?
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chinese cash coin. could be a little over 100 years old or could be 200 or more years old. Depends on the characters on it. Someone here will probably know for sure
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This looks like your coin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..._Ch'ing_T'ung_Pao_(24_mm)_-_John_Ferguson.png
Obv.: Chia Ch'ing T'ung Pao Rev.: Right: Manchu Yuwan - The Board of Public Works mint, Peking Left: Manchu Boo - coin Rarity: Ref.: No. 1490 Dynasty: Ch'ing (1644 - 1911 a.d.) Emperor: Jen Tsung (1723-1735 a.d.) Reign Title: Chia Ch'ing (1723-1735 a.d.)
Don.........
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..._Ch'ing_T'ung_Pao_(24_mm)_-_John_Ferguson.png
Obv.: Chia Ch'ing T'ung Pao Rev.: Right: Manchu Yuwan - The Board of Public Works mint, Peking Left: Manchu Boo - coin Rarity: Ref.:
Don.........
PS: Welcome to treasurenet !!
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Yes, welcome to Tnet Ecrider92
Don... I don’t know who the Wiki contributor ‘John Ferguson’ might be (seems to be a private collector) but I think he has his dates wrong or his Emperors muddled up. Jen Tsung wouldn’t be AD 1723-1735. Those would be the dates for Shih Tsung, who used a different set of characters (images from the Calgary Coins website):
It’s Jen Tsung sure enough, but with dates of AD 1796-1820. Here’s the Wiki coin alongside one from Calgary Coins and the OP’s example below.
The Wiki coin, judging from its very clean die engraving is either a very late example, or possibly a more modern post-Jen Tsung copy.
Don... I don’t know who the Wiki contributor ‘John Ferguson’ might be (seems to be a private collector) but I think he has his dates wrong or his Emperors muddled up. Jen Tsung wouldn’t be AD 1723-1735. Those would be the dates for Shih Tsung, who used a different set of characters (images from the Calgary Coins website):
It’s Jen Tsung sure enough, but with dates of AD 1796-1820. Here’s the Wiki coin alongside one from Calgary Coins and the OP’s example below.
The Wiki coin, judging from its very clean die engraving is either a very late example, or possibly a more modern post-Jen Tsung copy.
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Yes, agree. They're common finds wherever there has been a Chinese community.
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Yes these Chinese coins can be found in many areas. I don't think they are crazy valuable but I could be wrong.
Back in the late 70s I was living in Eureka Missouri. My brother came to visit me and we decided to break the heat of the summer by soaking in the river. We went to the river by what was THEN Times Beach. There was an old RR there.
While there my brother found a Chinese coin in the water, the coin was similar to that coin you show. I suspect the coin was lost in the 1800's when the RR was being worked on.
Back in the late 70s I was living in Eureka Missouri. My brother came to visit me and we decided to break the heat of the summer by soaking in the river. We went to the river by what was THEN Times Beach. There was an old RR there.
While there my brother found a Chinese coin in the water, the coin was similar to that coin you show. I suspect the coin was lost in the 1800's when the RR was being worked on.
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