Greetings From The Uk! Question: Strung Iron Cash Coins

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Mk3 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 10/07/2020 06:39 am Hi Peeps! Somewhere in the depths of the attic is my childhood coin collection from the 1970s, all relatively modern compared to these which we discovered yesterday. My Great Grandfather was a Major in the Royal Engineers in China during the Boxer Rebellion approx 120yrs ago and along with other Chinese items he bought these strung iron (magnetic) cash coins home with him, plus I think a spade coin? I can not find the same spade coin online so I'll be searching on here to find out some information on them all. If there are any Chinese coin experts on here could you please send me a link to where I can post a question on the forum? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/07/2020 06:46 am to CCF. Members will be along soon to help. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188660 Posts	Posted 10/07/2020 12:02 pm to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 10/07/2020 5:04 pm @mk3, first welcome to CCF. Second, for the cast cash coins, if you photograph them one at a time, both front and back for posting on separate threads, we should be able to help with an ID. The spade looks more like a charm to me. Try looking on the primaltrek website. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 10/07/2020 5:58 pm The spade is a charm, not a coin, and probably not ancient. The one coin with legible inscriptions (the one on the right) is from the reign of the Xianfeng emperor (1850-1861), with inscription "Xian Feng Zhong Bao" (Xianfeng large coin). This is a multiple-cash coin. I assume the others are of similar date. Xianfeng was emperor during the Taiping Rebellion, and the Empire suffered from inflationary problems as a result of losing against the rebels. Iron multiple-cash coins were produced as the rebels had occupied most of the copper-producing territories. Your iron cash probably weighs about the same as two regular cash coins, but would have a face value of 10 cash. Some examples of iron 10-cash coins are on this Zeno.ru database page. The denomination and mintmark are on the other side of the coin from what we can see in that picture. 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
Mk3 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 10/09/2020 05:19 am Thanks for the replies, it looks like all the coins are the same Report this Post to the Staff
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