Need Help Iding 2 Chinese Cash Coins

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Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/09/2016 09:30 am Hi everyone, The first is a cast cash from the 19th century. While I am familiar with the common mint mark on the reverse. I am not certain what to make of the two circles which also appear on the reverse. Are these known varieties? Or are these indicative of something else? The second is struck, and probably late nineteenth century or early 20th century. It is much smaller in diameter and definitely has some woodgrain toning. Any help would be appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

arok Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 11/09/2016 10:34 am The top coin is Jia Qing Tong Bao, Board of Revenue mint - 1796-1821. The upper dot on the reverse is relatively common for such coins. The low dot seems to be just casting error though. However, I am more puzzled with the fact of Tong vertical line having one dot. Most of the coins for this type I see have two Report this Post to the Staff
arok Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 11/09/2016 10:57 am Actually, the very similar coin and some explanation for its dot is available at Zeno as http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=14238 Report this Post to the Staff
bjherbison Valued Member United States 257 Posts	Posted 11/10/2016 06:22 am I would guess the bottom item is a Japanese token. The lower symbol on the second image looks like the mint mark for Tokyo on some coins. The top symbol could be the number one but was also a mint mark for "Ichi-no-se" according to Krause (C#1.10 1740 Mon). (Not sure where that mint is located.) Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5177 Posts	Posted 11/10/2016 08:24 am The last one is a Chinese 1 cash from 1909 (Numista, (204) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed ). EDIT: they wouldn't let me post the other example, and the Numista one is pretty much unreadable, so I'll add an example from Delcampe (which I didn't want to link, because the description quality sucks, but I couldn't find anything better). Edited by january1may 11/10/2016 08:36 am Report this Post to the Staff
bjherbison Valued Member United States 257 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 11:06 am january1may, thank you for correcting me. The coin is Y#25. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 2:47 pm arok & bjherbison & bjherbison - Thanks for the help! I appreciate it. Report this Post to the Staff
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