1) yuan feng tong bao written in seal script cast during the years 1078-1085 of the reign of Emperor Shen Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty. 5)...
Some of my old Chinese banknotes displaying bridges: Walled City of Ningpo Cemetery of Confucius Seventeen-Arch Bridge at Kunming Lake Garden of...
The inscription in the middle of the obverse side (right image) reads guang xu yuan bao which means the coin was minted during the Guang Xu reign...
It was used as money 2,000 years ago and is considered one of the most beautiful "coins" ever produced in China. Unfortunately, yours is a...
It's actually Japanese, not Chinese. A similar coin is listed on ebay here. Gary
Song Dynasty coins are famous for their beautiful calligraphy. Many of the coins were cast as matched sets with the same inscription written in...
It's Chinese. The inscription is written in "regular script" and reads huang song tong bao. The coin was cast during the years 1039-1054 during...
The large Chinese character (ping) in the middle of the obverse side, in this case, means "equal to" which is related to the two Chinese...
Actually, it's not Chinese. The coin is a Than Thai Thong Bao cast during the years 1889-1906 in Annam (Vietnam). Please see the second coin...
Top line reads "Meiji 21 year" which would be 1888. Bottom line reads "Japanese Red Cross Society". Gary
You identified the four characters correctly but you are reading them in the wrong direction! :smile The coin is actually written in Chinese, not...
Actually, it's Chinese. The wear on the coin and the angle of the photo make it a little difficult to identify but I'm pretty sure it is "20...
As hontonai has already recommended, rotate the first image 90 degrees clockwise so that the Chinese characters are in a horizontal line. The...
According to this link, the first coin is a fantasy coin. The second coin is either a reproduction from this set of the "Ten Most Valuable Silver...
The Chinese reading of the inscription is kang xi tong bao. The coin is a modern reproduction of a Chinese cash coin from the reign of Emperor...
Tim, I'm always happy to help.
As hontonai has already mentioned, the coins are Chinese and the Manchu characters on the reverse side indicate that they are all from the Qing...
While the first one certainly looks like a charm, it is actually a coin. The obverse side shows an image of the God of Longevity. The four...
The "Ming Dynasty Jen Tsung 1425 AD" is actually a chun xi yuan bao cast during the years 1174-1189 of the reign of Emperor Xiao Zong of the...
The inscription states that it was produced in the second year of the Guang Xu reign of Emperor De Zong which would be the year 1876. The paper...
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