Can Anyone Identify These Chinese Coins?

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tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 2:04 pm They belong to my mother in law. Thanks - Tony First Coin Second Coin Third Coin Report this Post to the Staff

gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 2:06 pm Actually Japanese I believe. The last one is a 50 yen, Showa 38 which is 1963. I think you can get more infomation here: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...pancash.html My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
ElleKitty Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 7:47 pm The second coin matches my Japanese 1 mon coin. It's brass, and not dated, though these coins were struck between 1668 & 1700. The reverse is marked Edo (Present Day Tokyo.) The first coin is the same as the second on, except it isn't marked Tokyo. C # 1.1 & 1.2 Whether or not these are genuine and not reproductions are beyond me, though. Edited by ElleKitty 10/09/2007 7:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 10:11 pm Thank you both! That was a great help. I am at a loss with just about anything Asian. -- Tony Report this Post to the Staff
sakura Valued Member Malaysia 59 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 10:38 pm The first and second are Kan Ei Tsu Ho Japanese cash coins. Report this Post to the Staff
ywan New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 10/18/2007 1:24 pm Frankly speaking, I think the first two coins are fake. I happen to play with such coins in my home when I was a little kid. The chinese characters on the coin are much beautiful than these. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 10/19/2007 03:59 am They both look fine to me. Quality of the calligraphy of these coins varied considerably, and the top one looks like it's probably made of iron, and has gone all rusty; that would account for it's crude appearance. Tcekolin, can you check and see if that one is attracted to a magnet? 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
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/19/2007 09:28 am No, those coins aren't counterfeit ywan. They aren't stuck coins but instead cast coins, which means molten iron/copper were poured into a mold and then formed. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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