Help With Identifying Some Of These Chinese Or Japanese Coin

Personally I can only cope with 1 coin per post and I am sure others find it easier too.

Fourth looks like 100 cash

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42444.html

Bottom 7.2 Candereens

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7386.html

The piece at the top left is the Chinese character hong (�) which translates as "vast". Depending on the context, it may mean "ambitious", "prosperous", "spacious", etc.

The piece at the top right is the reverse side of a Qing Dynasty coin indicating that it was cast at the Suzhou mint. It may have been carved from an actual coin or cast in this particular shape. It would be helpful to see the inscription or symbols on the other side.

The piece at the bottom is very dark and difficult to read. I think is says gong ping (å.¬å¹³) which would translate as "fair and honest".

Gary

The inscription is jiao yi (交æ˜") which translates as "business transactions" or "trade".

(Unfortunately, the software on this forum does not display certain Chinese characters.)

The complete inscription (front & back) therefore means "fair and honest in business transactions".



The inscription reads xian feng tong bao (å'¸ä¸°e€šå®�) which was used on coins of the Xianfeng Emperor.

However, the reverse side of the piece has the name of the mint (Suzhou) written in Chinese (Han) characters. Coins of this emperor had the mint names written in Manchu.

Therefore, this piece is not an altered coin but was cast in this shape to be a charm. For reasons I do not know, charms like this frequently use the name of the Suzhou mint.

Gary

It's easier if you post as new topics with a maximum of say 2 coins per topic (for me anyway).

And Gary thanks for the correction I can now see it should be 10 not 100.