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I've picked up these coins in China, what are they?


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The large one has an obverse copied off early Chinese cash (specifically, the coins of the Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 AD), but the reverse shows it to be an astrological charm; the seven connected dots are a somewhat stylized depiction of the "big dipper" asterism, I believe. Compare with this piece and this one.

The two smaller ones both appear to be actual coins. The one on the left is in the name of the Jia Qing emperor (1796-1820), Yunnan province. The one on the right is Dao Guang (1821-1850), Board of Revenue mint.
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Well the first one was found in a small village known for tourists, YanTao, the claim was it was dug up out of the ground, as far as the game of charades goes. He had fake coins like the fat man, I try telling them they are fake but my chinese goes only to "it is not good". When I said this he claimed one was real, and looked like it might have been made from silver, as opposed to the others, but was perhaps too clean, and he wanted 100RMB (about £10, US$15) for it, then halved the price, I said the coins should be too expensive, but I don't think he understood.

So it is possible the big one is a real charm, he called it something, I forget the name, perhaps the term for charm, and maybe from this village, it certainly has a dangerous green stuff issue, but there were lots of these in a pot, different designs.
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