Posted 02/13/2014 08:18 am
Yes, it's a Chinese cash coin, from the reign of the Qian Long emperor (1735-1796). The four Chinese characters on the front (top picture) identify the emperor; the two Manchu words on the back are the mintmark - in this case, the Xi'an mint, Shaanxi Province.
The coin does not bear any indication of date other than the emperor's reign-name; the date range can be narrowed down sometimes based purely on stylistic analysis of the scripts. All that can be said of your coin for sure is that it dates from after 1749.
The coin does not bear any indication of date other than the emperor's reign-name; the date range can be narrowed down sometimes based purely on stylistic analysis of the scripts. All that can be said of your coin for sure is that it dates from after 1749.
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