Chinese token with dragon

claddy said:

Found this at a old park yesterday . Was ready to leave when I saw some big rocks and thought if I was a kid I would climb all over them and found the dime

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Due to the quality of the photos, I can't tell you much more, but this appears to be a coin, not a token. It says 光緒元寶 (Guangxu Yuanbao) and appears to be the silver variety as opposed to bronze. A better picture would help to better identify it.

Please note that the characters on the coin are traditional characters. You may see pages that show their simplified counterparts, 光绪元宝. Despite what some less-knowledgable people have suggested, traditional characters are not "Cantonese", nor are they used exclusively in HK and Taiwan. Traditional characters were used throughout China until the mid 1950s.

This page will show you an example of a silver GXYB, as will Google Images.

http://www.guangxuyuanbao.com/tupianjijiage/36.html

Well, that went from a nice find to an awesome find. Great job! Great ID too!

Congrats on the dime , hope you get a iD on the other ! HH

Cool find, congrats! I found a bronze variety about a year ago.