Need Chinese ID Help (Id: 1906 China 10 Cash)

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zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 12:35 am I can only get one side. The other is to dark to scan or photo. The other side has a curled dragon. That is all I can make out myself. Image: unk.jpg 79.67 KB Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 01:45 am It's upside down. This is a modern/pre-modern Chinese coin that superceded the square-hole ones. This is a 10 cash (10 of those square hole ones). I can't see the mint mark, which is inscribed in the circle in the center of the 4 characters. Perhaps a better pic can help? And I don't remember... but on the side with the dragon, shouldn't there also be English? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 02:43 am I, too, can't make out the mintmark. But I can confirm it's a 10 cash coin, dated 1906. 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
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 03:10 am Here is the mint mark and the back side. Light and a darker shot. It is the best I can do. Hopefully the mint mark is clearer. I have frozen the grime away. Image: Mint.jpg 75.31 KB Image: unkr.jpg 87.97 KB Image: unkr2.jpg 83.46 KB Edited by zakota 04/19/2009 4:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 11:03 am I can't spot an exact match for what I see on the mintmark - nearest I can find is Chekiang mint. 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
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 4:56 pm ... Looks way too obscured. Could be Jiangsu or Zhejiang (as Sap pointed out) Report this Post to the Staff
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 7:37 pm I can't get any better than that. it is as it looks on the photo. The left of the t from top to bottom are two dots and a check mark. on the Right side of the it's arm pit is a dot. There is nothing more to the mark. It is as clear there as it is under a loop. There are no other markings on that little hump. Directions as you are looking at the coin. If you are thinking of the coin then reverse the left and right. Is there a place on the Internet that I can trace the mint mark myself? Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 7:45 pm Yeah, I see that too. Maybe it's just too worn, but those two provinces would be the most likely (the 3 dots of water on the character)... and that's about all the identifiers. The right side of the character doesn't look like anything I recognize... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 11:48 pm Zakota's posted a better pic of the mintmark, but it still doesn't really look like any of the mintmarks listed in Krause. Sorry. 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
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 04/19/2009 11:51 pm OK, thank you for your help. Maybe I have one of those million dollar coins))) I guess we can all dream? At least I was able to post a better photo. Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/20/2009 01:38 am My above comment was about the better pic. Wait a tick, isn't the reverse supposed to have the Province name? Report this Post to the Staff
Rusiancoin New Member Russian Federation 28 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 2:27 pm Hello. I Have the same problem as you. I can not identify the coin completely. Similar coin to yours. A few condition is better. I will be glad if we can identify it. Report this Post to the Staff
Rusiancoin New Member Russian Federation 28 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 2:49 pm Next Week I will have meeteng with one HonKong guy. I will ask him. Maybe he can help. I will inform you. Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/21/2009 4:10 pm It's Guangxu era coin... 10 cash... Check you pic without the dragon. It's not loading. If it loads, we can give you the mint, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor Report this Post to the Staff
Rusiancoin New Member Russian Federation 28 Posts	Posted 04/22/2009 1:32 pm thanks I update pic 10 cash...what it means in russia rubles in usa dollars but what is 10 cash Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/22/2009 7:09 pm 10 cash is the old currency in China, where 1000 cash = 1 tael (~40gr) of silver. It's like ... 1kp or 1 cent in similar value (if a dollar was a tael of silver). As for the mint, I can't read Manchu but seeing that this is from the later Qing dynasty, I would probably guess Beijing. As for market value... I don't really know, so maybe $3-5? Report this Post to the Staff
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