Two coins (Japan / Russia??)

Hello,

I'm hoping that someone may be able to help identify the following coins:

The first one I believe to be from Japan:




The second I believe to be from Russia:




Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Pete.

The first one is Chinese, actually.

K'ang-hsi, 1 Cash. If it was Japanese it would say 寛永通寶. Boo-ciowan mint, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26633.html.

The second one I think is a medallion from Russia. It says "Moscow and Russia" I think. I'm rusty on Russian but I can read the characters.

Thank you.

So, from the link for the first coin does this mean that it would be 1602 ? Do you have a translation for each of the different characters on the coin ? Is there somewhere you could recommend to look for more information on Chinese coins from this period?

Where would be the best place to look for information on Russian medallions?

Pete.

Actually,

It's not 1602. Someone must've put the wrong date (I think it was me).

The only way you can tell the date is the emperor. The front of yours says:
　 康
寶　 通
　 熙

This means "K'ang hsi tong bao," or "K'ang-hsi, coin." Then, the reverse says: ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ, indicating it was made at Ciowan.

If you need more information for Chinese coins, send me a PM whenever you come across one and I'll be more than happy to identify it for you.

I have no idea about Russian medallions and I can't help you, sorry. Numista is not a token/medallion website, as you may notice from the heap of entries in the *Tokens* section.

Thank you very much for the reply.

As I (obviously) had no idea what the Chinese text on the coin meant I didn't really know where to begin. But from the information that you have provided me it would appear that the following website has a wealth of information on Chinese coins from this period:

http://ykleungn.tripod.com/kanghsia.htm

Thanks once again for such a swift response to a very new collector as myself. It appears that this community has a very welcoming nature and immense wealth of information.

Pete.

Oh, well thank you.

And I've visited that website before, and they do have an extensive amount of information. They know much better than I do since they're Chinese and probably older. I'm just Japanese and 15 years old.

I hope someone soon can identify your Russian medallion.

[First side with the hand]
ПЕЧАТЬ ПАТРИАРХА МОСКОВСКОГО ФИЛАРЕТА
 and a translation is
PRESS PATRIARCH MOSCOW FILARETA

{Second side with the portrait]
БОЖЬЕЙ  МИЛОСТЬЮ ФИЛАРЕТ · ПАТРИАРХ МОСКОВСКИЙ И ВСЕЯ РУСИ
 and a translation is
BY GOD FAVOR FILARET · PATRIARCH MOSCOW AND AFTER SOWING RUSSIA

Though I don't know how accurate the translation (or the Russian lettering I typed) is; and Filaret was the name of a religious person, so it is probably his portrait. Don't know if any of that helps; I tried to find more information but could not.    

Thank you. From your translation I managed to find this page:
http://www.pcgs.com/Articles/Detail/1302

This has details of the series of Patriachs & Czars to which it belongs.

Very helpful. Thanks again.

Pete.

The second "coin" is not an actual coin but rather a medallion in remembrance of Russian Patriarch Filaret.