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kommodore_ss Valued Member Romania 104 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 07:05 am Hello Could you help me identify this coin? 21.5 mm and 3.82 grams Thank you Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 08:01 am China 1 cash Emperor Chien-Lung 1736-1795 can be one of these : KM# 387.1 obv : Chien-lung T'ung-pao rev : Boo-j'i, mint : Hu-Pu board of revenu and a modern fake or this coin: KM# 394 obv : Chien-lung T'ung-pao rev : Boo-j'i, mint : Paoting Report this Post to the Staff
kommodore_ss Valued Member Romania 104 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 08:04 am Hello The character on the reverse is not the same. :) Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 08:24 am the right character on the rev is the mint mark and may vary https://www.google.be/search?q=ch'i...ark&tbm=isch Report this Post to the Staff
kommodore_ss Valued Member Romania 104 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 4:43 pm But my coin only has a top character on reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 5:52 pm Correct. It's not an official Chinese coin. I suspect the character on the back is supposed to be "fu", or "luck/fortune". Here's a similar piece on zeno.ru, though much larger and heavier. 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
kommodore_ss Valued Member Romania 104 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 6:01 pm Hmm, so it is a fake? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 06/22/2014 6:30 pm It's not a genuine government-issued cash coin, no. As the commenter over on zeno said, it was probably not designed to be used as money, but rather as a charm, hence the "luck" symbol - though there were genuine Ming Dynasty coins where this same "fu" character was used as a mintmark, so in theory it could have been made in a sloppy counterfeiting workshop where they accidentally "muled" a Qing Dynasty obverse with a Ming Dynasty reverse. The light weight and pale green crust it has acquired make me think it might be Vietnamese in origin. Vietnam went through several periods where "private casting" of coins was officially tolerated, and these privately-made "unofficial coins" could have all kinds of odd designs, variations and combinations. 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
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