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Perhaps *the* coin of the 18th century: China, Qianlong emperor 1 cash, 1735-1796   In their day, the cash had the equivalent buying power as a modern quarter. With 1,000 of these to a tael (a little over an ounce of silver), a HUGE number were produced to fuel the economy--estimates tend to run well into the billions. |
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Thank you for the photo and the commentary.  |
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Along the same lines, but much less common:   Vietnam, emperor Quang Trung, 1788-1792 1 cash, zinc variety Quang Trung, along with his brothers were rebels that overthrew the Le dynasty in Vietnam and established the short lived Tay Son dynasty. The Qianlong emperor attempted to invade to re-instate the Le dynasty, but his army was defeated and pushed back. These thin, crude cash coins were cast in zinc because the nation's copper was being diverted to make cannons to defeat China. |
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Here are a few of my Conder tokens: Impressive! |
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A pattern British half-guinea   |
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I desperately want to add a Guinea to my collection but they're so expensive, even a half-Guinea. Anyway, here's a 1758 shilling:  |
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two coins of 1 oord/liard of the Austrian empress Maria-Theresia (1740-1780) for the Austrian Netherlands . The first of 1749 , when she had 32 years , the second of the year of her death in 1780 . The first is minted in Antwerp , the second in Brussels . The mintmark of Antwerp represents a hand .According to the legend , in Roman times , there was a giant named Antigon in Antwerp , who taxed all the boats passing here on the river Schelde .To end this , the Roman officer Brabo came and killed him , throwing his right hand in the river .From there the name Antwerpen : hand werpen = hand throwing . This is the legendary origine of the name.A more realistic origine are the words : an t werf = on the wharf as Antwerp was from the beginning a port. Now there is a statue of Brabo on the Grote Markt before the city hall , and you can buy Antwerpse Handjes in chocolate and biscuit . albert     |
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Nepal, 1 mohar 1785 (according to the seller... I can't find the date on the coin)   Another from immediate pre-Revolution France: 12 Deniers, 1792A   Japan, 4 mon 11 waves type (Probably around 1768; I am no expert at deciphering the calligraphy styles used to date these) These coins were made to stretch the isolated nation's rapidly dwindling supply of copper ore, which forced all 1 mon coins to be cast in iron until trade was re-established in the 1860s.   Edited by Finn235
05/13/2016 11:11 am
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This will be the last coin I post. I have nothing pre-1700. 1797 "Cartwheel" penny  Such a ludicrously big coin (28.3 grams, diameter 36 millimetres) I can't believe they made 700,000 of them. Then again, it does make them easy to come by. Edited by Demarco Bishopp
05/14/2016 02:50 am
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another variety of Earl Howe half penny token 1794 . albert   |
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@finn235, if I am not mistaken I think that your Nepalese silver Mohar is actually from SE1722, which corresponds to 1800 AD. The date is at the bottom on the obv (your second pic).
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I thought I would start off the 17th century with some English hammered gold. James 1607-9 Coronet mm Thistle Crown (5 Shillings)   James I 1615-6 Tun mm Double Crown (10 Shillings)   |
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Nice coins Flippy... I have the kid brother to them...  |
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