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Coinaholic73 Valued Member United Kingdom 298 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 08:21 am Can anyone identify this? I've not seen this type before Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 08:30 am It kinda reminds me of a piece of jewelry not a real coin but I am no pro. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Matteproof Pillar of the Community Korea, Republic Of 1881 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 09:47 am Replica for sure. Looks modern to me. Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 09:54 am Coinaholic73: This is a modern replica or charm. Probably not designed to fool a collector, but made as a good luck token. You usually see them on red string, sometimes tied in a pattern with similar coins. Most of the Chinese cash coins was cast, this one is machine struck. I'm not sure what the coin it is trying to replicate would be, but the reverse (bottom pic) shows the BOO CIOWAN mint (Board of Revenue mint) in Manchu. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinaholic73 Valued Member United Kingdom 298 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 11:23 am Many thanks, thought it was strange I couldn't find this after searching through what seemed like a gazillion pictures Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 05:47 am It's a mass-produced machine-struck replica of a Tai Ping Tong Bao coin. Original Tai Ping coins date from the Song Dynasty, over 1000 years ago, so this is not one of the usual pieces from the "Ten Qing Emperors" replica set. The original Tai Ping coins also predate the Manchu invasion by over 500 years and so do not have Manchu script on the other side; they are usually plain. "Tai Ping" translates to "Great Peace", and so the inscription is also often found on various amulets and coin-like charms. It also appeared on coins of the Taiping Rebellion, though not in conjunction with the "tong bao" characters and also never with Manchu on the other side. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
coinworldtv Pillar of the Community Austria 566 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 6:09 pm Souvenir piece. Report this Post to the Staff
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