Unfortunately, it is a modern fake. These fake coins are made in very large quantities as souvenirs and for fengshui purposes. This Chinese...
Regarding the historical significance of this emperor and this coin, you may find my article entitled "Admiral Zheng He and the Yongle Tongbao...
Unfortunately, neither coin is rare or valuable. The first coin is a "marriage charm". Your specimen is a modern reproduction (probably made in...
While researching some Chinese websites I came across an article on coin sculptures. Robert Wechsler was commissioned to create these geometric...
It's a silver medal issued in 1992 by the Central Mint (Taiwan) to commemorate the Year of the Monkey. The inscription written vertically to the...
The Chinese "coin" is a actually a modern Chinese charm. The inscription (first image) is shou bi nan shan (壽比南山) which translates as "Longevity...
The inscription on the coin at the top left is tong zhi tong bao (同治通宝) which was used on the coins cast during the years 1862-1874 of the Tongzhi...
"Coin 2" is actually "real" in that it is not a fake of anything. However, it is not a "coin" in the sense of being money. It is one of a set...
... I was lucky to obtain these a few years ago. These coins were issued during the chaotic Taiping Rebellion where inflation just blew out of...
It is not an official coin or token. It is one "coin" in a set of twelve coins commemorating the "Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty". The...
According to this Chinese article, there are 8 varieties of this 1934 "200 cash" coin. (There are 19 varieties of the 1933 "200 cash" coin). Gary
It's not a Chinese coin but rather a Chinese charm. The inscription is zheng de tong bao (正德通宝). Zheng de tong bao charms usually have a...
There are two versions of this 20 cash coin. The more common version has the date as "January 1" (一月一日) as on your coin. The much rarer...
I don't collect Japanese coins but all the specimens of the ichi bu gin coins that I have seen over the years have had a different reverse side....
It is a five yuan ("five dollar") coin from Taiwan (Republic of China) and dated 1974 (Republic of China 63rd Year). Gary
The coins are Chinese and are the same. Both coins have the inscription guang xu tong bao (光绪通宝) and were struck at the mint in Guangzhou,...
Due to severe inflation and devaluation of the currency, carrying cash in the latter years of the Republic of China (1912-1949) meant having to...
It's a Chinese guang xu yuan bao (光绪元宝) 10 cash coin "minted" in Zhejiang Province (浙江) struck over a Korean 5 fun coin dated 1896 (開國505年)....
It's a Korean coin. The four-character inscription is 常平通寶 pronounced sang pyong tong bo in Korean. Because of the poor quality of the images,...
The inscription is 光中重宝 which in Chinese reads guang zhong zhong bao. In Vietnamese, the reading would be quang trung trung bao. In Annam...
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