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NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/19/2007 4:03 pm Okay, apart from the fact these are cash coins (?) are they real/ what are they precisely? Got them in a large lot and have never had any of these before... All help/info I am grateful for.. *Edited by Forum Dad to move to World Coin Forum* Edited by NumisMattyUk 12/19/2007 4:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff

just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 12/19/2007 5:09 pm Oddly enough there is a world coin forum for those. Otherwise they were minted on the south side of Chicago here. I'm not a foreign coin person but from the markings I'll guess they are coins from some Asian country. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/19/2007 5:30 pm China Report this Post to the Staff
SA4H Pillar of the Community United States 2764 Posts	Posted 12/19/2007 5:43 pm I have to check with my reference book... will post tonight. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/19/2007 7:51 pm These are reproduction Chinese cash coins, with designs from the Qing dynsaty. The "bubbly" background on the obverses is the telltale sign in this case. That's an attempt to reproduce the coarseness of a genuine cast cash. 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
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/20/2007 04:24 am Argh... I thought they felt/looked funny but that's why I posted I guess. Besides, didn't they stop producing these cash-type coins a while back now? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/20/2007 07:49 am Yes. Cash coins basically ceased when the Empire fell in 1911, though with a nominal face value of 1/10th of a cent, they had long ceased being the mainstay of the economy. They are still reproduced today for ceremonial purposes, for use in good luck charms and "hell money", though ones like yours are machine made, rather than by the traditional, labour-intensive method of sand casting. 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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