China Spade Coin, Genuine

Hello,
I am absolutely clueless when it comes to these. I pulled this from an estate collection that had 365 B.C. Riping Money written on the envelope.

I've tried some searching and became more confused than when I started.

It is bronze, appears to be cast, weighs 21.8 grams and is approximately 47mm tall x 33mm wide at the base.

I tried getting a few pics of the edge, I hope they are clear enough.

Any help with attribution, age or authenticity would be appreciated.

Thank you

Hello 🤖

Without pictures, it will be very difficult for anyone to help you. Could you please post clear pictures of each side of your item?

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I accidentally posted it before the photos were attached.

hello it looks like a spade coin from ancient China from the Wei Kingdom from -376 to -222, but I couldn't tell you if it's a reproduction, I'm attaching a link but it's in French, you'll have to use Google translation to translate into English.

https://www.sapeque.com/monnaies-beches/

It looks like Hartill# 3.44, which is not yet added on Numista. These type of spades are very rare coins, usually many hundred of euros. Your's does look a bit too good. You could also check Zeno.ru, which is a good source of Chinese coins. My opinion is that this one is not authentic.

I can't imagine why someone would drill a hole into it unless they knew it was fake.

Here is another source with photos for you to compare.  https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china1.htm#zhou