One again I need help identifying an Asian coin. I think this is Chinese and is silver. I can't read part of the English letters because of some dirt there, but what I can read says "Kiang Nan Province" and then partially I can read "Imaceand ... Andareens." Can anyone tell me the year and denomination?
For starters the "imaceand...andreens" actually reads X mace and Y candareenes, where x and y are numerals. so the I is either a 1 or a 7. Knowing this will help in determining the denomination. 20 cents was 1 mace and 4.4 candareenes, 50 cents was 3 mace and 6.5 candareenes and dollars were 7 mace and 2 candareenes. Most of these coins were not dated, but are from the about the 1890s to 1910 or so.
The number is definitely a 1, so I guess that means 20 cents. Thanks for the help! By the way, I see you are from Valparaiso, Rdwarrior. I spent four years there at the university. It's a nice area.
It's a "1 Mace 4.4 Candareens" (20 cents) silver coin minted in 1901 at the mint in Jiangnan (Kiang Nan) Province. The year is identified by the characters (xin chou) at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions on the side with the Chinese characters. There are several varieties of this coin. Yours is the variety that has "HAH" written at the 10 o'clock position on the side with the Chinese characters. Gary
Thanks Gary! Chinese coins have so many varieties with the different provinces that I'd never be able to learn about them, but I like the copper coins especially. I have probably 30 of those that I haven't identified yet.
