Which World?

Not U.S.

Or is it?

From a shoebox of old family stuff, I set this aside for a rainy day.

It rained today so I pulled it out for a second look. I just "feel" it is a fake something.

Could this be a real coin...and if so.....what?

 

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It's probably Earth.

But seriously, it's Chinese. Often these coins are fake though.

 

Here is a link for Chinese Coins with different regions, and lots of pictures:
http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=501 and here is the main web site link

http://www.charm.ru/

Good luck!

 

Guang Xu, 1 qian, Guangdong mint, 1889 AD.

Genuine!

 

ThanX for the follow up

In hand it feels "unsubstantial".....but I know nothing of a true example.

And the strike seems tenuous.

For all I know, that makes it genuine.

It just happened to come to me through the family in a shoebox of stuff and I'm trying to sort out.

Again. Thanks. I'll put it in a flip.

 

Perhaps you see it that way because there was no strike.

I'm on the road, with none of my references available, but based on the ID and date a member whom I know to be very knowledgeable about Chinese cash coinage, I'm quite certain that you have a casting.

 

Some cash coins were machine struck towards the end of their manufacture.

 

Thank'ye

But this is actually one of the early struck cash. I know what you mean about it feeling "unsubstantial." Most of the late Qing coins feel odd to me, especially the struck issues.