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Hi got this from my brother in law and he thought it was Israel but I couldn't find it on numista... Any ideas? Looks pretty old but could just be a worn 70s or 80s coin. Thanks!   |
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I am going to say Chinese.
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O cool. From what I saw it is from 1912? Pretty decent as far as rarity?
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No, it's actually much older. This coin was issued in the reign of the Qian Long emperor (also spelled "Ch'ien Lung"), 1735-1796, from the main Board of Revenue mint in Beijing. It's one of the commonest types of coins ever made on the planet, made in the billions. So, despite being so old, it's not particularly rare or valuable - less than a dollar is an honest price.
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
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Oh gotcha thanks for the info Sap! It is pretty cool that even being so old they were able to make that many back then. Thanks for your help everyone!
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Sap beat me to answering your question. They are VERY common and worth very little for their age. I made the mistake of buying one for ~$15 USD when I was in China. I didn't know anything about these back then.
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Sorry for bringing this up again, but I have been trying to match it to pics on Numista to add to my world collection and none of the Qianlong cash coins seems to match exactly... I know being over 200 years old it may be hard to match them exactly but would anyone have a guess at the date and/or type (Numista has them as Qianlong - Boo-chiowan, Boo-yuwan, Boo-u, etc.). I will continue to research but if anyone knows then thanks! :D
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It is, as we stated, a Board of Revenue mintmark - that would be "Boo Chiowan" in the list you gave.
I haven't looked up how Numista classifies these coins, but if you are interested in a slightly narrower date range, we can narrow it down a little. See the bottom left quadrant of the top character, an element that looks like our letter Z? That Z shape dates it to early in the reign (1736-1773). The shape of the word "boo" on the reverse narrows it down further, to after about 1768. This is the class listed as "Type E" in the Hartill catalogue.
The Revenue mint had four branches, named North, South, East and West after their relative positions within the capital city. Your coin has the privy mark for the South branch, making your coin Hartill catalogue number 22.212.
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
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