The coin book has no price for this coin ...there are only little - - marks where the price should be do anyone know why
In 1905, China underwent a coinage reform, where every coin had the same obverse and reverse design .. with a mintmark in the center of the obverse. You just need to read the denomination first, then find the mintmark or province. Very few of these are scarce at all. You just need to identify what you have first (I can't tell from the pics), then look it up in Krause or other pub.
The side with the dragon indicates that the coin was struck during the reign of the Guangxu (光绪) Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. In the middle of the four large Chinese characters on the other side is another small character (e 鄂) which means the coin was produced in Hubei Province. Two characters near the upper rim (bing wu 丙午) state that the coin was made in the year 1906. The Chinese at the bottom of the coin (shi wen 十文) gives the denomination as "10 wen". This particular "tong yuan" coin is very common. Gary
