Can anyone tell me about this coin I can't seem to find it anywhere. I received it from a friend who has since passed on. I'm not even sure if it's real or not thats why I ask the specs on it. You can't tell from the pictures but it is gold. Thank you
Looks like some type of generic metal round and I would guess Chinese/Japanese.By that lantern thing in the background and language can you weigh it.Sorry for the loss of your friend.
Definitely Chinese styled rather than Japanese. I'm having trouble reading the characters with the reflection. I think it's a Year of the Dog silver round which says something about a good luck dog. No indication that it's a coin or even a commemorative coin. If you get a clear photo I can try to transcribe the characters. If it's gold-colored it's probably plated. Would likely say it was gold or the purity somewhere if it were solid gold.
Thanks sorry about t he pictures. Here's better ones the weight on it is 14.5 grams. It could be slightly off the scale aint working too good
It's simplified Chinese. Appears to read left to right. I've transcribed it in traditional characters, which I know a little better. 靈犬納福 ling2quan3na4fu2 Something like--Dog spirit, receive good fortune Inside the box is hard to see, but maybe: 庆庆狗年 -- Celebrating the Year of the Dog Can't read the seal script in the lantern. Reverse doesn't look like any character I've ever seen--about 30 strokes. The top half looks like the character for treasure: 寶, but the bottom is all wrong. It's not in my 5000+ character dictionary, unless I'm guessing the wrong radical. Good luck, that's all I can make out.
I'm not Native Chinese so I cannot tell what it is. Some of the traditional text cannot be found in Chinese dictionary due to the complexity. The most complicated word is used to describe a noodle found in Shaanxi province. I would hate to memorize how to write it for starters!!! Regardless, I believe it's one of the common prosperity tokens struck in base metals.
I thought about that one--it has some parts in common with the character on the coin/charm. But that would have been a pretty weird thing to put on a coin. I showed the character to my wife, who is a native speaker, and she didn't recognize it. Sometimes people make up new characters as a play on words by combining elements, or to create a character to temporarily get around censorship. Example from HK just before Covid:
