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I Would Like To Help Identify This Piece.

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 Posted 04/27/2012  2:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jardineiro to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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I would like to help identify this piece.
Metal: bronze
Diameter: 42mm
Weight 27.1 g
Thickness: + / -2.3 mm
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 Posted 04/27/2012  4:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Penny4Me to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it says "Good for 1 Egg Roll"
Just kidding & Good Luck!
hope it turns out to be of much value.
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04/27/2012 4:23 pm
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 Posted 04/27/2012  5:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It think it is a cash coin from China and somebody may come in here and date it for you. I had one posted and had help with mine. There are some common ones and rare ones from what I understand.
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 Posted 04/27/2012  7:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snowman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I like to use this web page as a reference for Chinese cash coins:

http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/index.html

Unfortunately I did not see your coin there. Double check me though, because I may have missed it. The problem with identifying cash coins is that, when the government stopped issuing them in the early 1900's, several unsanctioned entities made their own coins to fill the gap. Further complicating the matter are various charms, good luck tokens, palace cash and birthday cash made that resemble circulated cash coins. The closest resemblance that I could find to your coin was here (scroll to number 13):

http://www.charm.ru/library/turk.htm

The characters are a good match to one side of you coin:

http://www.charm.ru/images/palacecoin-b.jpg

I believe that Krause lists this under palace cash. Unfortunately I can't seem to locate your coin exact coin as such.
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 Posted 04/27/2012  7:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
snowman: Excellent site, and well done, with your help in the identification.

Initially, I thought if I were to do the ID, I was going to have a bit of a problem before it would have dawned on me that it was a charm, not a coin.

I do not think I would have done any better than you.
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 Posted 05/01/2012  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinsnpaper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
According to Schjoth, the top piece reads "Ch'ang-Ming-Fu-Kwei" Top-bottom-right-left, with the right character being on the top. That means "Long Life, Wealth, and Happiness". The other side reads "T'ien-Hsia-T'ai-P'ing" Top-bottom-right-left, with the right character being on the top. That means "Under Heaven Great Peace." The bottom side was used on many of the charms issued by new rulers. This piece looks like a 19-20th Century issue, and is probably not official.
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