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1733-1735 Yongzheng Tongbao 1 Cash

 
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 Posted 05/01/2023  2:03 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add MadDawgMaverick to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Not a collector of Chinese currency, but would like some opinions on condition / grade. Closest thing in age that I own, in which to compare, is a 1787 Fugio graded AU55. So I am definitely out of my area of expertise. Is it genuine? Hard to even compare with other coins on eBay since they are in terrible shape or heavily cleaned.

This has been sitting in a safety deposit box for the last 20+ years (long story.) I also was unable to match it to anything in the Hartill book.

Weight: 3.494 grams on a NTEP certified scale.
Diameter: 25mm




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 Posted 05/01/2023  2:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add erafjel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Those raised dots on the obverse show that it is not a genuine cast cash coin but a modern machine struck replica (possibly a Feng Shui charm).
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 Posted 05/01/2023  2:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add january1may to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AFAIK this style of the surface grain suggests a charm piece, i.e. a later imitation for good luck purposes.

That said, to the best of my knowledge the real ones aren't worth a lot either; being a very low denomination intended to circulate in a huge country, they had mintages in the hundreds of millions.
EDIT: this specific type might be a little scarcer if the date range is correct, but even in that case it probably wouldn't have been worth much.
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Grateful for all the info y'all gave. I didn't have high hopes for the piece in the first place, given the fact I was unable to match the characters & the weight was off. But figured I would at least ask the world currency experts!
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 Posted 05/26/2023  10:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AlfredG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yongzheng is actually much more valuable that other Qing dynasty cash coins, since the emperor only reigned for 13 years. A example of an authentic yongzhneg tongbao is below, you can compare to see how different they are.
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