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New Member
Canada
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I have these Chinese coins, and have no clue what they are. They're small round coins with a square hole in the middle, one side has 4 symbols around the square hole and the other side has 2 symbols.
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Valued Member
United States
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These coins are called "cash", and were produced in China and the surrounding lands for many hundreds of years. If you post a picture, more knowledgeable members than I can probably give you a rough date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hello, Socpxd, and welcome to the forum!
You just described a typical Chinese cash coin and those were produced for many centuries.
It's as if you asked to identify a Canadian coin and just said it was round and made of metal.
We'll have to see the images of your coins, both sides.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Socpxd: Welcome to the CCF!
There are folks within the CCF Who could be able to tell you which Chinese Emperor from whuch dynasty issued your coin. All you have to do is post a picture of it.
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New Member
 Canada
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  These are the coins |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All five appear to be from the same reign and same mint. In fact they are same as this coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, I take it back - the bottom right, while it is from the same era, was produced by the Board of Public Works, Kung-Pu mint, Beijing.
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks, I also have another set of Chinese coins that need identification.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
All four appear to be 10 cash copper or brass coins from the reign of Emperor Kuang-Hsu (Te Tsung), 1875 - 1908. The top two are from Shantung province, struck with no date in 1904-05, and Hupeh province, struck with no date in 1902-05. For the bottom coins, I guess, I'd like to see a better close-up to attribute them (or someone could help me  ). |
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New Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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Chingkiang (a city in Kiansu province) No Date issue (1905) 10 cash, or 1 Cent. KM78.2 (reeded edge) or KM 78.3 (plain edge) Worth $1-2.
Chekiang Province No Date Issue (1903-1905) 10 Cash KM49. This appears to be one of the coins that was struck over a Korean coin- the dragon side especially seems to show some writing around the dragon. Text would be 5 FUN in English, Korean characters, and Chinese characters with the date as a year. If you could get a really clear, sharp picture that information could probably be provided, as well.
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New Member
Canada
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I can see no visible writing around the dragon at all, the only writing is on the back of the coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Got the last one!
It's Chekiang Province, 10 cash (as the rest of them), minted in 1903-06 (with no date).
And no, there's no legend around the dragon.
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New Member
Canada
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And are they all real? Do any have any sort of value whatsoever?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, I believe they all are real. They are not that uncommon, and in the state you have them each would be worth $2-3, maybe 5.
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New Member
Canada
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Thank you so very much, you've all been very helpful
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