Unknow Coin (Id: Modern Replica Of Manchurian Dynasty Dragon Charm)

It's some kind of token or souvenir. Just a gut thing from looking at lots of Asian art--the styling of the dragon doesn't look quite Chinese, but somewhere closer to Thailand or Myanmar.

Some type of Chinese token. One way to tell the difference between a Japanese and Chinese coin or token with the dragon design is by the number of toes on it's leg. A five toed dragon is Chinese and denotes spirtual power, while four toes which is also Chinese denotes earthly power of the emperor. While a three toed dragon is always Japanese.

viola133: As others have said, it's not really a coin, but it does appear to be imitative of Chinese dollars from the early 1900's.

sanfordpaul1: Next time, if you start a new thread, rather than reply to an already existing thread, your question might attract more attention, and your answer won't get lost. As for what your coin is, from your description it sounds like an Ethiopian 5 cents. Does it look something like this?

Manchurian dynasty dragon, period 1880-1912.

At his birthday it was accustomed that the emperor gave presents to the members of the palace guard of the forbidden city, now called Beying. The value of the coin was good for one meal with drinks for officers and one meal without drinks for common soldiers. Merchants who did provide for the food where appointed by the emperor, and at the following day, these appointed merchants must come tot the treasureholder (kind of Minister of Finance) who paid for the expenses by taking back the several coins intended as Gift from the Emperor.
Nevertheless, after the abdication of the last Emperor (Bertolucci movie), Chinese people start copying everything, including these type of non-numeral coins. Difficult to say if this is the genuine one, because it has no patina. Therefore I think this is an copy of the 1980-1990 period.