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Can You Help Me Identify This Coin And It's Possible Value?

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Chinese Coin of unknown date

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The last Chinese "cash coin" (round coin with a square hole) was cast in the year 1912 when the Republic of China was founded. An example of this coin may be seen here.

This coin was worth the equivalent of 10 traditional cash coins (dang shi 當十).

You will notice that your coin has the same inscription (min guo tong bao '國e寶) as this coin.

However, the reverse side of your coin states that the denomination is "one cash" (yi wen 一-).

There are two versions of this "one cash" coin. One is a struck coin made of iron and is rare.

The other version is made of copper (bronze) like your coin and is extremely rare.

In fact, there is only one known authentic specimen of the copper version of the coin and it was previously owned by the famous Chinese numismatist Mr. Ma Dingxiang (e定祥).

The coin was estimated to be worth about $82,000 when it went to auction in 2011.

You can see this extremely rare coin here.

There are many reproductions of this coin. Unfortunately, your coin is also a fake.

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Thank you so much for your response. I actually have two of these coins and both are different. One is larger with smaller print, and the smaller coin has a 'fatter' print. The coins are in very poor shape, including 'pitting' on the smaller coin. Due to the aged wear, the coins are a pair, for only the one has the identifying marks on the reverse side.
My father was an avid coin collector, as well as a WWII Navy Vet, I have found many of his collections revolving around said era, from the countries and Islands he was in contact with. This has proven to be quite a challenge identifying these many coins with so many dialects.
Again, thank you for taking the time to respond with an identification for my coins.
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