Posted 04/15/2008 07:35 am
Both Chinese coins date from the same emperor, Ch'ien Lung / Qian Long (1736-1795); they can't be any more accurately dated than that. The one on the left is from one of the capital mints, the Board of Revenue (KM# 387.1). The one on the right is a bit more unusual, it's from the Changsha mint, Hunan Province (KM# 422).
For the Israeli coins:
Top Row: #1 is a 1 new agorah (KM# 106), which was only issued for circulation in one year (1980), which is indeed the year on yours. #2 and 3 are 1 agorah (KM#24.1), 1962 and 1970. There is a slightly scarce variety noted in Krause for 1962, but I don't think yours is it.
Next row: all are 5 agorot. The aluminium-bronze ones are older, KM# 25, the aluminium ones are KM# 25a. Dates are (left to right) 1978, 1977, 1974 and 1972.
Next row: #1 is a 10 agorot KM# 26 1960. The other two are 10 reformed (post-1985) agorot, KM# 158. Dates are 1994 and 1992.
Bottom row: the half-lirah is KM# 36.1, 1979. The 1 lirah is KM# 47.1, 1968.
For the Israeli coins:
Top Row: #1 is a 1 new agorah (KM# 106), which was only issued for circulation in one year (1980), which is indeed the year on yours. #2 and 3 are 1 agorah (KM#24.1), 1962 and 1970. There is a slightly scarce variety noted in Krause for 1962, but I don't think yours is it.
Next row: all are 5 agorot. The aluminium-bronze ones are older, KM# 25, the aluminium ones are KM# 25a. Dates are (left to right) 1978, 1977, 1974 and 1972.
Next row: #1 is a 10 agorot KM# 26 1960. The other two are 10 reformed (post-1985) agorot, KM# 158. Dates are 1994 and 1992.
Bottom row: the half-lirah is KM# 36.1, 1979. The 1 lirah is KM# 47.1, 1968.
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