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ryusha New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:01 am Does any one know what it says? I want to know where it's from. What country it is. What currency. It says 1800s. Please help thanks Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:17 am Some sort of token/charm - the characters are Chinese. Perhaps 'manymore' knows something about this specific piece. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:17 am Hello and welcome. What you have is, sadly, not a genuine coin but a replica, of the type of coin issued by China in between those two dates. Such replicas are frequently sold in sets of ten, one for each Qing Dynasty emperor. 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
ryusha New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:22 am How can you tell it's fake? Who was the emporor then? And is there a link or a picture of a real one? Thanks. Sorry for typos I'm on my cell. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:30 am Genuine Chinese cash coins do not include Western numerals or AD dates on them. The reverse of these coins is the mint-name, written in Manchu script. Genuine coins of the Tong Zhi emperor who reigned from 1862 to 1874 look like these. 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
ryusha New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 02:35 am Should I just call it a lucky Chinese coin then? Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 11:04 am Quote: Should I just call it a lucky Chinese coin then? Depends on how much you paid. If not much, then it may be lucky. If you paid a lot, not so lucky. Report this Post to the Staff
eagleeye4coins Valued Member 136 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 4:03 pm http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?a...&lot=1518425 Qing Dynasty, Emperor Mu Zong Engraved Master Cash ND (1862-74) XF Details (Scratches and engraver's marks), Board of Revenue, design as the regular issue Hartill 22.1121, 27mm. 9.80gm. Obv. Tong Zhi Tong Bao. Rev Boo Chiowan. From The Valley View Life Collection The front of the coin matches near perfect...... Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 5:28 pm ...and the English dates correspond to that Qing Emperor's period of rule. Sap nailed it in one. As usual. Report this Post to the Staff
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