Old Chinese Coin | Cash Of Qian Long

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WSITY New Member Australia 6 Posts	Posted 07/16/2008 7:08 pm This is an old coin my grandfather gave to me about 3 years ago, when we went to Vietnam. My parent tell me it has a name of an empower on it, which seems reasonable. any who, some pics(done with a scanner) Image: img002.jpg 45.58 KB Image: img003.jpg 42.57 KB Edited by Sap 07/18/2008 02:52 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 07/16/2008 9:02 pm It's of a Chinese design, of the Qian Long emperor (1736-1796). Do a forum search for qian long and you'll find several other people who've recently posted pictures of coins similar to yours. The four Chinese characters on the front are "qian long tong bao"; tong bao means "current coin". If you rotate the top picture clockwise 90 degrees, it'll be "right way up". If it was found in Vietnam, it may be a genuine Chinese coin, or it may be a locally made imitation. I don't think the local imitations normally have a Manchu mintmark on the back like yours does, so I'd assume this one is an original Chinese coin. The mintmark is from Zhili Province. Coin #2 in this thread is the same. 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
WSITY New Member Australia 6 Posts	Posted 07/16/2008 9:23 pm Thanks, I did know which way was up it was just to lazy to change the picture :) I don't necessarily know if it was found in Vietnam, as he did migrate from hong kong. He also gave it to me with some Americans coin which he receive during the Vietnam war, so it might be a trinket. Report this Post to the Staff
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