Can Somebody Help W/ This Chinese Cash ?

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rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 09:11 am Hi, I have this chinese cash coin: it should be a 5 cash Xiang Feng T'ung-pao or Chung-pao doubts I have are: - I found 2 obverse references in Krause: . in the reign references it seems a T'ung-pao . in the coins references it seems a Chung-pao (C# 2-5) anyway the reverse doesn't correspond and I'm not able to find it on krause and Scjoth - I found the reverse on David Jen as #797 ... Bao Su Mint (FD2464) but the obverse doesn't corespond here the image: Image: 5-cash_C2-5_DJ-797.jpg 38.64 KB Can somebody help, also to understand FD2464 that I don't know ? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 09:44 am Your coin is a Xian Feng Zhong Bao (old spelling Hsien Feng Chung Pao), 5 cash, Bao Su mintmark (Suzhou mint (old spelling Soochow), Jiangsu (old spelling Kiangsu) province). As far as I can tell, it is the one listed as Jen #797; Jen doesn't show the obverse of #797, but it's Zhong Bao, not Tong Bao; the character to watch is the one on the right. It's listed in Krause under Kiangsu Province, KM/C# 16-5. "FD" is "Fisher's Ding". Ding Fubao wrote an extremely comprehensive catalogue of Chinese coins, in Chinese. A fellow by the name of George Fisher translated it into English, thus the English version is "Fisher's Ding". 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
rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 10:44 am Thanks SAP, so useful as always. Report this Post to the Staff
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