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Hello everyone, my name is khali and I am new to coin collecting,this hobby was sparked by a coin I have had since high school and I was never able to find out what it was, all I know is that it is Chinese, really hope someone on this site can help me to find the origins of the coin. I also look forward to being apart of this community!!   |
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to ccf |
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to the CCF! Just post an image of the coin in the appropriate subforum and someone will be able to identify it. |
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I apologize I don't want to misuse the site lol I just got here.where do you think the best place to post this so I can get the best answers would be
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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United States
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Hi Kahli, I'm not an expert but that item doesn't look Chinese to me. The smaller script is not a language we see here very often. I could be wrong but it looks like the subscript form of Cambodian to me. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_alphabet for examples. Also, I'm pretty sure it's a token or medal, not a coin. I'm not good with Asian languages but I don't see a denomination on it. The surface porosity suggests that it was cast. If I had to guess, I'd guess it's a tourist token associated with a military statue. |
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It's actually Thai, not Chinese. There is a That-calendar date at the top of the lower pic, above the mounted figure: "2327". This translates to roughly AD 1784. In 1784, the relatively new king of Thailand, Rama I, fought his first battle as king, by choosing sides in a civil war in Vietnam. The coin may be commemorating this fact. But you'd really need to get a Thai-speaker to translate it for you.
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