It's certainly not anything you will find in the standard Chinese coin references. At first, I thought it might be from Java (Indonesia). But as...
The first set of three images all have written in Chinese "70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party" at the top. At the...
I think the first coin is actually from Annam (Vietnam) and not China but, because of the wear, I cannot be sure. Please take a look at the third...
Yes, the coin is a Kuang Hsu (Guang Xu) era coin and the ding (character at 3 o'clock position) and wei (character at 9 o'clock position) date the...
There is no date on the coin itself. I have a Chinese reference that says these coins were produced during the years 1895-1905 at the mint in...
Most of you probably already know this, but for those who may not, the tiny kanji (Chinese) characters written in "seal script" at the very bottom...
The coin is from Taiwan (Republic of China). The first image states the denomination is 5 jiao ("50 cents"). The second image has the...
I have a Chinese reference book that has a rubbing of a "double obverse" da guan tong bao that is attributed to the Song Dynasty and which I...
Zheng de tong bao charms (amulets) have been very popular with the Chinese since Ming times. For those interested, additional information and...
It's a "modern" Chinese charm. The first image, of course, shows a dragon but if you observe closely you will see that it is a 5-clawed dragon...
I recently came across an article in Chinese that discusses this coin. The coin is considered very unusual, and rare, because it has the...
I am not familiar with these coins but it appears to be the same as this one. Gary
The first image, which I will refer to as the obverse, has 5 Chinese characters. Ignoring the character in the center for the moment, the...
It's actually one "coin" from a modern fantasy series commemorating the emperors of the Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911). Another "coin" from...
I agree with your translation of the Chinese inscription. I can't read the other languages either but the language on the right is Manchu and the...
The date is Meiji year 13 which is 1880. Gary
Because of the differences already pointed out, we now know for a fact that the coin is not 16.399, 16.400 or 16.401. Hartill's book only...
In case you were wondering, your Chinese coin is a guang xu tong bao produced during the years 1903-1905 of the reign of Emperor De Zong...
Yes, you are reading it correctly. It is "Meiji 7 year". Gary
I think you probably already know the verdict on this coin but I would like to point out that: 1. The calligraphy on your coin is crude compared...
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