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ID For A China? Coin A Friend Found

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Hi, this is out of my wheelhouse, but hoping someone on the forum could chime in. A friend asked if I knew anything, and I thought only enough to be wrong and cause a problem. Their grandson is getting into coins and I wanted to be right for them.

Measures a large ~1.75' and 31g, so not small.

Could be Chinese, but could be Japanese, Vietnames, etc too? Could be a total fantasy piece? Someone please help!


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 Posted 06/08/2021  8:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's not a coin. What you have here is a "coin-like charm" - it resembles a coin, or at least, the obverse resembles a coin. The reverse, the side with the eight characters on it, is the giveaway that it is not a true coin - no Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese or Korean cash coins have eight characters on the reverse.

Larger pieces like this are usually made for attaching to the walls or beams of a house.
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