Info Please On These 5 Chinese? Coins And One Very Worn Coin

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jeff 31 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 3:56 pm I would appreciate any information on these coins, which were recently given to me by my dad. He gave me a bunch of world coins from a well-traveled ancestor, but I could not identify these few. Thanks in advance for any info...Jeff. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 5:15 pm The big one in the middle is a 100 mon from Japan, mid-1800s. An example in somewhat worse condition is in this thread. Top left is a 5 sen from Japan, Meiji Year 4 (1871), a scarce one-year-type. NGC page. Bottom left is Chinese, a small machine-struck cash of Kwangtung province, early 1900s. Top right is A Chinese cast cash, in the name of the Qian Long emperor (1735-1796), Revenue mint. I might be able to narrow that date range a bit when I check my references at home. Bottom right is also a cast Chinese cash, this time from the reign of the Dao Guang emperor (1820-1850). I can't read the mintmark on the back. Your "very worn coin" is a mediaeval Byzantine "anonymous follis" depicting Christ on one side and the cross on the other. Class I (that's class nine, not class one), attributed to the reign of emperor Nicephorus III (1078-1081). In better condition it would have looked more like this one on Wildwinds. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
jeff 31 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 03/04/2012 9:01 pm Wow! Great info, Sap! Thanks very much. Very cool to be holding an almost 1000 year old item! Looking forward to any other info you might find in your references. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 03/11/2012 07:30 am Sorry about the delay; I just got around to looking it up. The style of the top right coin puts it in the date range 1782-1795. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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