Help with 4 China Cash Coins

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All 4 of these are 21mm diameter and pretty thin, weight is 1.45g , uniface



Any help on these would be appreciated. Thank you !
One information that would be interesting is : "how did you get these coins" ?
Ebay lots as "a bunch of genuine nothern song cash" are highly suspecticious.
Yet, some other origins are likely to be genuine ...
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Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Quote: "Frenchlover"​One information that would be interesting is : "how did you get these coins" ?
​Ebay lots as "a bunch of genuine nothern song cash" are highly suspecticious.
​Yet, some other origins are likely to be genuine ...

No, not one of those. These were mixed in with Indian States coins and some Indian, Japanese and Philippines silver that I was going after.
Quote: "JSON"​I don't think these are real. The patinas look very artificial, and the inscriptions aren't usually of currency. First coin has similar characters to https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47305.html but is different.

​They are also missing era names tied to an emperor- the characters are either illegible or mean some generic auspicious phrase. Also, they are missing the 通寶 characters which is common to most cash coins.
​Thank you, especially for the details!

Not very surprised, but not too upset either since I was not really paying anything for these.
Status changed to Solved (Buksir, 29 Jan 2022, 03:54)
With all due respect, I think JSON's verdict is incorrect because they are actually all Vietnamese cash coins. Here are the IDs:

1) Thái Bình Thánh Bảo
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces64641.html

2) An Pháp Nguyên Bảo
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces64772.html

3) Thiên Thánh Nguyên Bảo
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces82023.html

4) Thiệu Phong Bình Bảo
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces64649.html

They would appear to be genuine.
Status changed to Opened (Buksir, 29 Jan 2022, 14:52)
My opinion is genuine.
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I agree with Wandering Circle - they appear genuine to me.

The coins are not as valuable to interest "fakers" to fake them either way - especially not 4 types. The shapes (rough edges etc) also are typical of this era of coins.
Long time collector with huge double coin selection. Has huge selection of Japanese historic coins. Trade based on KM catalog values.

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