This appears too too often. It's a Chien-lung 1 Cash from Boo-ciowan. Look it up in China - Ancient. You'll find it.
You wouldn't believe how many times this coin shows up for identification. I just want to throw them out a window or something.
Chien-lung issued a bunch of coins during his era from what I remember in AP World because of the newly established Canton system in China, where Europeans can only trade at Canton (or Kwang-tung if you prefer). Therefore, he made a whole bunch of these coins and today they're probably the most common cash coin I see and get asked to identify.
Kenny
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Well, please excuse me, I'm totally ignorant regarding Chinese coins. Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I won't throw it away though. This is my the only ancient coin so far.
I must have a different country list.
I can't find China - Ancient. All I have is the China - Empire list being closest. Could you provide a link to this coin, please?
I found two coins: KM# 387 and KM# 389. The coin shown under KM#387 has the slightly different characters on the top of the obverse. KM# 389 doesn't have pictures so I can't compare mine. Which one is my coin?
SmartOne, thanks for your help,it saved me a lot of time. Today I read a Wiki article about this emperor, it's very interesting to learn something new every day.
I think it's the one with the no picture. I haven't looked into the variants too well apparently so the picture was removed by Xavier cause it would be wrong. So to be honest I'm not too sure, but I think it's the one with no photos.
Kenny
- Verifying your Asian and British-territorial coins everyday with the best quality photos and the best information.