Unknown Chinese Coin...Help Please

Wilvekio69

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• Apr 29, 2012

• #1

I recently got permission to hunt a property dating back to 1899. I found this Chinese coin and would like help dating it please.

 

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Poindexter

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• Apr 29, 2012

• #2

There are websites dedicated to chinese coins. I found mine that way.

 

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treasureID

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• Apr 29, 2012

• #3

It's called a "cash" coin. Your best bet is to find a book or website to get info on them because they've been in use from B.C. all the way up to the 1900s. You'll be able to identify it by the different characters on it.

 

yardhunter

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• Apr 29, 2012

• #4

scroll to the bottom of the link for you coin;

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm#square hole

Good luck.........see ya yardhunter

 

Wilvekio69

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• Apr 30, 2012

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Well now...if the pictures of the coins are any indication of mine...my coin appears to have been minted/used from AD 1736-1795-Emperor KAO TSUNG...very neat find...

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chien lung