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Found a bunch of coins and bills in a pouch, the coins were covered in a black tar/plastic substance from inside the pouch. The coins were run through a heated sonic cleaner only to clean them up to photo. As most on here know I'm a token collector and not World or US/Canadian coins. I need some help with the far east China coins. Father was in navy and spent a short time in China.    |
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The identification is as follows:
The first 5 are Chinese, Top to bottom, left to right:
1. 10 cash, Y347, Year 26 (1937)
2. 5 cents, Y356, year 29 (1940)
3. 20 cents, Y350, Year 27 (1938)
4. 10 cents, Y 349, Year 25 (1936)
5. 5 cents, Y348, year 25 (1936)
The next 6 are Japanese (top to bottom, left to right):
1. 1 sen, y56, (1938-1940)
2. 5 sen, Y60 (1940-41)
3. 1 sen, Y59 (1941-43)
4. 10 sen, Y61 (1940-43)
5. Same as #1
6. 10 sen, Y64 (1944)
You can determine the exact year of issue of the Japanese ones if you look at the back.
None of these have significant value, the Japanese ones are very common. They have more sentimental value, I am sure.
These are typical of the coins brought back by those who served in the war.
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Thanks The China section of my edition of world coins by Krause is mind numbing and overwhelming when you first start looking at it.
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Yes, it does take you some time to wrap your head around the China section.
These would be in the Republic of China section.
Lots of servicemen brought back coins as souvenirs, so that there are a lot of their descendants puzzling over the little metal disks and pieces of paper.
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couple more that were identifiable I'd love to see the ones that *weren't* identifiable! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I'd love to see the ones that *weren't* identifiable! They have been identified in the first posting in this thread, just a couple more of the common Chinese large coppers I have shown, an Italia 20.C 1909 and a German 1949 5 pfenning. Plus the bank notes which most have English wording.  |
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