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nelson9225 Valued Member 270 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 1:24 pm does anyone know where and when this coin came from Report this Post to the Staff

X2an Pillar of the Community Sweden 1078 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 1:36 pm Out of the blue I'd say 1600's Imperial China. I recognize some of the characters from confirmed chinese coins, but the fact that the obverse (?) carries no inscription at all suggest from what I can remember an early date. Report this Post to the Staff
arok Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 1:44 pm For the proper attribution, I believe that you will have to measure size and wait of the coin and go through the steps described here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...8/edit?pli=1 and elsewhere in the comments here: http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=11637 Report this Post to the Staff
nelson9225 Valued Member 270 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 1:49 pm the coin weighs 2.6 grams and is 23.5 mm across Report this Post to the Staff
arok Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 2:06 pm Based on the size of the coin I would call it Fushimi-sen in accordance to the guide posted at Zeno with the best match found here: http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=154983 Keep in mind, though, that I am quite far from being an expert in attribution of Kanei Tsuho coins ... Report this Post to the Staff
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