1880's RR stop yields first Chinese coin

kingman mikey · Aug 19, 2018

Met up with Tonyaz Saturday, went to a railroad stop that was established in
the 1880's when the railroad came through our town. About a half hour into
the hunt I got a 50-60 signal on my F70 which is usually a zinc penny, dug down 6" & found what looked like a washer until I noticed a square hole in the
middle & some Chinese characters around it. The coin is roughly the size of a
quarter. The only coin either of us found all day. Also found a small tag with a
patent date on it of 1893 that was 4" down. A dated railroad tie nail from 1928
a glass bottle stopper & a few spikes & a churchkey can opener :laughing:

that were all surface finds. An interesting hunt.

Jodo_Kast501 · Aug 19, 2018

That Chinese coin was minted during the reign of the Qing emperor Kangxi, who died in 1722. The text on the obverse means "Kangxi circulating treasure".

Nice find!

kingman mikey · Aug 19, 2018

Are you kidding me ? That's a lot older than I thought, thanx. :wow:

Saltshaker · Aug 19, 2018

wow, if thats true then you just hit the 1700's with that coin! Very nice for sure. Congrats!

WyoTom · Aug 19, 2018

Very cool Chinese coin! Nice job. I found a bottle stopper almost identical to yours a couple weeks ago!

pick · Aug 20, 2018

Nice finds

pick · Aug 20, 2018

That's cool

TonyAZ · Aug 22, 2018

finds

Nice to go out detecting with you-it's been a while, really glad you made a few finds there-- it can be hard to find anything there.. Tony AZ :cool:

Tom_in_CA · Aug 22, 2018

kingman mikey said:
Are you kidding me ? That's a lot older than I thought, thanx.

Those Chinese cash coins are always fun to find. Brought over to the USA by Chinese coolie worker immigrants.

And the dates on those can go back even to the 1600s. Yet have utterly no bearing on when they were circulated or lost. Apparently they were stored in barrels , in China, for sometimes centuries. So the dates on those can be 200 or more years before the time of their circulation and loss.

kingman mikey · Aug 22, 2018

Tom_in_CA said:
Those Chinese cash coins are always fun to find. Brought over to the USA by Chinese coolie worker immigrants.

And the dates on those can go back even to the 1600s. Yet have utterly no bearing on when they were circulated or lost. Apparently they were stored in barrels , in China, for sometimes centuries. So the dates on those can be 200 or more years before the time of their circulation and loss.

Did not know, thanks for the info. Is there a website for this ?

BRJ123 · Aug 22, 2018

Great find! & interesting info Tom in CA

Tom_in_CA · Aug 22, 2018

kingman mikey said:
.... Is there a website for this ?

I'm sure there is. But as said : Even if you start translating the dates of the coins, they will be "all over the map". From the 1500s to 1910-ish. And have utterly no bearing on when the circulation/loss occurred.

And .... have no numismatic value that I'm aware of. But they're always still cool to find, because they last of them (with the square holes in the center) were done in the 1910s. So you can bet that wherever you're finding those, is where you can get barbers or seateds.

kingman mikey · Aug 22, 2018

Thank you.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Aug 22, 2018

That's weird finding a random date nail like that. We used to have to use claw hammers and pry bars to retrieve those dang things back in the 70s when you could still find them.

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