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Unknown Asian (Chinese?) Coin (Id: Potential Repro Of 18th Century Cast Cash Of Emperor Kao Tsung)

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Hi there. I've had some troubles identifying this coin, and was wondering if anyone could read it or knows what it is. I apologize if the photos are upside-down, I have a hard time deciphering up versus down when looking at a lot of Chinese, Japanese, etc. characters. From what I've found so far online, I'm going to guess this is a token of some kind, but I could be wrong.
Thanks so much for your help!
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First off, welcome.

At first glance it looks like a cash coin issued during the reign of the Chinese emperor Kao Tsung (1736-1795), which are extremely common and inexpensive. However, your example doesn't look quite right to my eye, and perhaps is a modern replica, although it'd seem a pointlessly unprofitable exercise to reproduce these.

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Some similar reference catalog numbers for your coin are: Schjoth #1471, KM# 405 under Chien-lung, 1736-95.
And if genuine it's only worth a couple dollars. Yours looks a little unusual.
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Alright, thanks for your help. :)
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