Found today! Looking for information regarding the year of this coin/token. Can someone translate both sides of the coin to English? Also if this is not currency, what was the purpose for having these? How does this coin/token relate to the Circular Mound Altar, located in TEMPLE, BEIJING, CHINA, built in 1530 and rebuilt in 1749?
Can some help with identifying this token/coin?
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ToySoldier
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There's a community on Reddit were you can post requests to translate things like this into English. You have to sign up for Reddit, though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/
chillforlife
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Not much help, but it does look like the Temple of Heaven before it was rebuilt. Also interesting that it says "Alter" instead of "Altar". Cool find.
AirmetTango
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Very cool find, Scolino! I’m afraid I can’t give any specific help, just my opinion: it looks like it’s probably some sort of souvenir token, just based on the word “altar” being misspelled with a homophone, “alter”. Official coinage would likely have been more carefully researched and contained proper spelling - and I would imagine English would only be used on a souvenir, not anything officially issued by China.
I must say, this has to be the first token I have ever seen with a spelling error!!!
Some idiot minted hundreds or thousands of these without spelling altar correctly. Unbelievable
Some idiot minted hundreds or thousands of these without spelling altar correctly. Unbelievable
GLASSHOPPER1955
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I must say, this has to be the first token I have ever seen with a spelling error!!!
Some idiot minted hundreds or thousands of these without spelling altar correctly. Unbelievable
Yeah I noticed that too.
