Could Use Help Iding These 2 Coin - Pretty Sure They Are Chinese

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Dcnw1983 Valued Member United States 264 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 6:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 7:04 pm Well, the second of the two (the bottom one) looks like those made during the reign of Kao Tsung (1736-1795). Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5253 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 7:22 pm The first is a 1 Mon from Japan. The reverse is blank (other varieties have a mint mark here). Similar types were made until the mid-1800's. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 10:30 pm The mon looks like it is bronze, which would place it at the 1600s up until the mid 1700s. The Japanese copper mines started running dry, so the composition of these coins was almost exclusively iron by the early 1800s. Supposedly the calligraphy style can be used to trace it to a specific reign; I'm not 100% sure how to do that, however. Yours is in very good shape. The Kao Tsung cash (AKA qianlong) is by far the most common coin from the entire 18th century. These were made literally by the billions to fuel China's massive economy at the time. Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 11:57 pm This link will give you more detailed information on the Japanese coin:- http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...ibasics.html Report this Post to the Staff
Dcnw1983 Valued Member United States 264 Posts	Posted 04/07/2016 6:52 pm Helpful, as always. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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