Please let me know if it is appropriate to submit these 5 coins together or if I should be listing them individually. First coin is a silver 1880 Belgium 2 francs, second coin is a silver 1816 Great Britain 1 shilling, third coin is a silver 1826 Great Britain 1 shilling, fourth coin is a silver 1932 Poland 5 zlotych, and I don't if the last one is silver. It is a Oriental coin, 38 mm and weighs 17.90 grams. Magnet does not stick to it. I can't find this on the internet. I also have a question about the reverse side of the Polish coin. Can anyone tell me if it has the arrow mint mark in it's right claw. Pictures are attached. Thanks, Steve
We aren't going to be able to tell much from these dark, low-res images. The Belgium is a 1-year type, commemorative, KM #39, cataloging $15 in fine, which might be a stretch. At first glance, the 1816 shilling strikes me as a cast fake, but I'd need to see a much clearer image; an 1816 catalogs $3.50 in fine and $7 in very fine, KM #666; it is sterling silver. An 1826 catalogs $18 in fine, and there's a scarce variety 1826, 6 over 2, actually unpriced in Krause.
Chinese coins (IF this is Chinese, and IF it is genuine) normally have many more characters for reign, regnal year, denomination, issuing authority, etc. No idea on this coin, nor on the Poland. The Oriental certainly could be a token or medal or game counter, bullion piece, etc., something uncataloged in Krause.
Fat guys were highly respected in China; it meant they were rich and could buy plenty of food. Could be the God of mulch-spreading, something like that. I don't even have a good guess on the time period of this piece. My odds are 60% for the 1800s, 40% for the 1900s. I'll be interested to see exactly what it is. I hope it's not a modernistic fantasy token sold on Alibaba.
By submit, I hope you don't mean to a grading service, not worth it. If the 5zł coin had a mint mark, you'd see it right away.
No, I'm not going to a grading service. My coin has a tone mark and it's difficult to see if it is the arrow mark.
I was given a bag full of world coins that included that walking fat man and others as a care gift from my sons scout master for my Parkinson's disease. It may be a joke coin but it's interesting and unique to me.
This is a Chinese medal commemorating the famous Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West (西游记). The "fat man" is actually Zhu Bajie (猪八戒), also known as "Pigsy" in English, who is one of the main characters in the novel. Another specimen of the medal may be seen at this Chinese website. This is one medal in a set commemorating the novel. These medals are modern, plentiful and inexpensive. Gary
