Need help identifying these coins. inherited these from my father when he passed away. They belonged to his grandfather. Not sure where he obtained them.
1) Beijing- Board of Works mint 2) Kweichow mint- should be red copper, not the normal brass of the other Chinese coins. Both illustrations are upside down. 3)Osaka mint- c.1741 Japanese transliteration is Kanei Tsuho, mint maark should be at top. Obverse is upside down. Usually copper or bronze. 4) Yunnan mint (Yunnan-fu), typical lower-
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