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jardineiro New Member Portugal 6 Posts	Posted 04/27/2012 2:55 pm friends I would like to help identify this piece. Metal: bronze Diameter: 42mm Weight 27.1 g Thickness: + / -2.3 mm Report this Post to the Staff

Penny4Me Pillar of the Community United States 745 Posts	Posted 04/27/2012 4:22 pm I think it says "Good for 1 Egg Roll" Just kidding & Good Luck! hope it turns out to be of much value. Edited by Penny4Me 04/27/2012 4:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 04/27/2012 5:13 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 04/27/2012 7:15 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/27/2012 7:30 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
coinsnpaper Valued Member Canada 480 Posts	Posted 05/01/2012 4:35 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
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