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Valued Member
Ireland
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I have this coin and wonder if it Japanese or Chinese. Or maybe something completely different.   |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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hello, Unusual that I am able to help out already, rather than ask advice myself! I posted this very coin only about 2 days ago for identification-bizzare that the markings are identical. https://goccf.com/t/133849It's chinese, by the way! |
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Valued Member
 Ireland
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Thanks for that Paul.
I have a few more that are similar looking, but not the same.
I shall be posting them here over next few days.
Maybe you can help out with them as well.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I doubt it, as I am new and most ignorant in the field of numismatics! The only coins I have are the ones I posted about, and that, I'm afraid, exhausts my knowledge!
However, the link to the webpage posted on my topic from a knowledgable chap was both interesting and helpful, and I would recommend having a read. If you then click the link on said webpage, it redirects to another page which has a comprehensive list of other chinese coins, around or about that date.
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Valued Member
Ireland
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I've just had a look at that and as and when I can, I will read up on it.
I do, however, find the chinese and japanaese coins very confusing. I will really have to concentrate.
Good old English coins are so much easier. Most of the time!
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...bizzare that the markings are identical. It's not so great a coincidence if you think on just how many of these Qian Long coins were made: at that time, the Empire was still rich and prosperous, and Qian Long reigned for a very long time. Qian Long Revenue Mint cash coins are probably one of the most common coin types ever produced on this planet; even after 250 years, they are still incredibly abundant. Most of the genuine cash coins in a typical dealer's "Chinese coins - $2 each" scratchtray are likely to be of this type. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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True, although I meant that it was bizzarre that an identically marked coin as mine came up only a couple days later, and that I could identify it!
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Valued Member
Ireland
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I had an idea that might be the case with their value, in view of the size of the country.
Thanks Sap
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
The interesting bit of info about these coins, was the chinese view of them as vital for their feng-shui. They tie them up with a piece of red string or ribbon and lay them with the 4 symbol side up. Since these are of little value, it would be interesting to sit them about with the red string, which makes them, in my opinion, a little different to having 'just a coin'. Although I don't really believe in the fung shui side of things, I must admit!
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