I Am New And Looking For Help To Identify The Mystery Coins

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Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 10:33 am Hi everyone! I am so glad join this forum! I am a new collector and recently acquired some mystery coins. I am hoping to get some expert opinion on the region of these coins and their age. Thanks so much! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

AnYangMan Valued Member Netherlands 91 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 10:51 am Wow! That is an impressive collection of Asian charms! Not really coins, but quite an interesting area of collecting nonetheless. I am certainly no expert on charms, but I am assuming they are Chinese. I don't see any types I have learned to immediately assume are Japanese or Korean, but who knows. In contradiction, I have learned that it is often the Korean Charms that have such a non-round shape, so I don't know. I have checked what little sources I have on Far-eastern charms, but they are rather limited, thus nothing turned up. Real old charms are mostly round, following the formula of the circulating coinage, so I am confident these are a little later. Broad dating: 1700-1900, or perhaps even more recent. Many of these charms are still made to this day, and sold off to unsuspecting tourists. These look nice and old in my opinion, but again, I am no expert. They could well be recent fakes. If you want individual translations, post separate pics for each, and I'll give it a try. How did you come by these? Mika Report this Post to the Staff
Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 2:40 pm Thanks so much for the wonderful information! I inherited these from my great uncle whom traveled extensively in Asia during WWII. He is a big time coin collector and these are from his private collection. I had no idea these are charms. Here are more photos. Report this Post to the Staff
jack jeckel Pillar of the Community United States 5214 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 3:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4602 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 5:52 pm PS: to CCF! -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5267 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 6:06 pm That is a fun collection, for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 8:13 pm to the family! Check out this thread, you have one item we were discussing what it might be. That's the flat cast butterfly w/ two characters in circles...think it is still open for figuring out, yours may even help! http://goccf.com/t/283262 Pretty sure those aren't coins but tokens of some sort, temple or plain souvenier type, but I'm usually un-inserting both feet... Edited by Crazyb0 04/02/2017 8:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:04 pm Thanks everyone for your warm welcome. Crazyb, thanks so much for sharing the discussion thread regarding the butterfly. I had an opportunity to read all the conversations, and I have to say it is very educational. It help me greatly to gain better understanding of exactly what I have. Would it be all possible that the butterfly that I own is authentic? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34456 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:14 pm @snowbird, first welcome to CCF. Second, consider posting your charm on its own thread in the token/exonumia section of CCF to get this in front of more eyeballs. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:14 pm Here is the entire collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:16 pm @Spence, thanks so much. I will do that. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:23 pm To the Forum .. Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 9:55 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Snowbird2477 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 10:28 pm Here are couple more mystery coins from my collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/02/2017 10:33 pm I locked your other thread, and moved this one since it has more replies and more images. Report this Post to the Staff
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