Unknown Coin | China, Dao Guang Cash

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aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 09:23 am Any ideas on what this is? It weights 4.6grams & is just a hair bigger than an average quarter... Which year/area? Any value? Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 09:34 am It is a chinese cast coin from the emperor Dao Guang, circa 1821 to 1850. the legend reads Dao Guang Tong Bao. Report this Post to the Staff
aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 11:11 am hmmm, thanks for the info echizento... So it's real then, or a copy? I assume it's brass? Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2871 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 1:14 pm It looks perfectly fine to me. And yes - brass. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 2:00 pm It's real. Report this Post to the Staff
aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 12/19/2012 8:29 pm So who's hands could this have been in? Was it a common denomination? Report this Post to the Staff
Roderick New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 12/29/2012 03:14 am A simple way to identify this piece immediately as being from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) is the Manchurian script on the reverse as the dynasty originated in Manchuria. Cash coins (this is where the word cash originates) like this were produced in tremendous numbers and are extremely common. Roderick Report this Post to the Staff
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