Need Help Identifying Some Coins

Found these coins in my grandfather's collection handed down to me. I do not know where to begin putting information into the Numista site in order to find them. Any help is appreciated.

Coin #1 - Appears to be bronze color with weight of 7.07 grams



More coins to follow.

~Rob

 

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Coin #2 - Appears to be brass color with weight of 3.87 grams


Coin #3 - Appears to be brass in color with weight of 2.79 grams


Coin #4 - Appears to be brass color with weight of 3.75 grams

Let's start here, as I have a few more. What day you?

~Rob

 

On the Numista site use the search function if you don't have a date or denomination. Choose China for example, it will bring you all known coins and unfortunately you will have to go through them until you find a match. Alternatively you can wait for answers here, lol

 

Thanks Expat. In the process right now. Lots of coins with very subtle differences. Especially if you can't read the language.

~Rob

 

Yes. A date, denomination or even Province would narrow the search dramatically

 

The last three can be found on here.

 

First.

 

Thanks, Lord. I was wondering and leaning that way, as the other coins that have enough information in order to find them on Numista have been from China.

~Rob

 

Thanks, Mrbad. I appreciate the information and will add the bookmarks.

~Rob

 

Again, Thanks, Mrbad.

~Rob

 

For the Qing Dynasty ones (2-4), I think they are:
2: Jiāqìng 嘉慶 (1796-1820) both pics are upside-down, board of revenue mint (BOO CIOWAN) - this is from the Manchurian squiggles on the reverse
3: Guāngxù 光緒 (1875-1908) minted, not cast. His reign had both types. "BOO Kuang" (Kwangtung mint)
4: Dàoguāng 道光 (1820-1850), also "BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint)

I think these are some of the more common Qing Dynasty types, often retailing
for $1-2 around here.

BTW, modern Romanization of Chinese names is a little different than that used for older stuff. So don't be surprised if the spelling is different in different sources. For example, Kuang-Hsu = Guāngxù etc.

 

Thanks Eidolon. I knew nothing about the coin so just took the pictures... I was going to put in a disclaimer that the coins may be misaligned but didn't.

~Rob