It is indeed Chinese characters, but it's tough to say if it's from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc. The character halfway down the right half...
I agree, that first one doesn't look like an actual coin, more like a token or something like that.
These coins are nice, Siberian Man. Do you collect other Malay states' coins as well? It can be maddening getting one from each -- merchant tokens...
That's the first thing I thought too -- these coins are great, let them out! Handling them a little here and there won't hurt ;)
I began a site about ancient Roman coins and in the header I had something describing sestertii in terms of value in asses... then I started...
I love the coin -- it reminds me of one I used to have when I was about 10. I didn't know where it was from for the longest time (had no book, I...
Amazing, manymore. Sounds like the coin is lucky its Chinese characters are as close as they are! Could've been even worse since it's not a real...
Thanks for the picture; I hope you are happy with the price you paid for it?
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