Do you have a "MING" coin ?

Here are some of my Ming coins, one nice one and one broke one. The busted piece may be a Southeast Asian imitation coin made in Vietnam or Java, perhaps.

Ming Dynasty of China
Emperor Hongwu | 1368-1398 AD
AE Cash | 2.83g | 24mm
Obv: Hong Wu Tong Bao
Rev: Plain
Ref: Hartill#20.57


Ming Dynasty of China
Southeast Asian Imitation?
AE Cash | 2.71g (1.26g and 1.45g) | 25.5mm
Obv: Yong Le Tong Bao
Rev: Plain
Ref: Hartill#20.121​

 

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Thank you and what beautiful examples you had.

One assumes you did the same as I? Sold your pieces when the market for such was quite high (still is, but not compared to a few years ago, its come down just a bit).

 

JoIke, You're right, I unloaded most of my jade about 5 years ago when the market was super hot . Three major auction houses handled my jades & the best results I had came from Freeman's in Philadelphia, PA. The market has softened since then because of over saturation & another influx of excellent copies. The jades that are still fetching high prices are from old established collections with a provenance. One of my favorite jades that sold is pictured below, a white jade ibex, 1.25 in. long, 17th or 18th century, that cost me $100.00 at an antique show in Rochester, NY. Freeman's sold it for $6,000.00 .

 

What an amazing piece and great find! We've also dealt with Freeman's in the past (paintings). They're located approx 20 minutes from our home here in, Jersey.

 

Anyone here with a Longqing?

 

One of these days I’ll get one. They seem hard to come by in my limited experience, and it doesn’t help that Qian Long of the Qing dynasty is one of the most common ruler for cash coins.

 

Longqing is about 800-1000 USD in my experience, it's not that it's hard to come by it's just they are super expensive.

 

This is a Kanei Tsuho bun-sen from Kameido. Minted during the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate, it's one of the first Shin-Kanei, said to have been made from the melted statue of Buddha.
Other mintmarks include:
川
一
足
元
長
仙
千
仙
ト
小
久

 

I happen to have some Chinese coins, which I don't collect and know nothing about. Hence, I don't know if the coin below is Ming, Quing or fake. I got it for free and would not be disappointed if it is not genuine.

Someone with more knowledge told me that this one could be a rarer type (which raises the chances that it is a fake), but I lost the note about the possible dynasty or ruler.

The diameter is 29mm, weight 9.74 gm.

 

Wow!!! Very good information.
Thank you very much @TTang

 

Yes I have one. Just completed my full 10 Emperors Ming set with that elusive piece

 

Don't worry.. Yours is a genuine piece looking at the patina, strength and style of the calligraphy. It belonged to the Tianqi Emperor and was the penultimate of the Ming set ending with the Emperor Chongzhen. That excluding the Southern Ming issues after the fall of Beijing to the rebels.