Posted 08/16/2012 05:09 am
Some specific IDs:
#1: not a genuine coin. The script is just plain wrong, and there aren't any machine-struck cash with plain reverse; likely it was copied by someone who didn't actually know Chinese. The characters should be the same shape as the obverse of your coin #4.
#2 and #3: Qian Long (AD 1735-1796), Board of Works mint.
#4: Machine-struck, Guangdong (Kwangtung) mint, struck c.1890-1906
#5, #6 and #7: The same as #2/3, but Board of revenue mint.
#1: not a genuine coin. The script is just plain wrong, and there aren't any machine-struck cash with plain reverse; likely it was copied by someone who didn't actually know Chinese. The characters should be the same shape as the obverse of your coin #4.
#2 and #3: Qian Long (AD 1735-1796), Board of Works mint.
#4: Machine-struck, Guangdong (Kwangtung) mint, struck c.1890-1906
#5, #6 and #7: The same as #2/3, but Board of revenue mint.
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