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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;britannia40, post: 2841383, member: 74818&quot;](The following is based on my understanding and research)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the square hole Chinese coins you see were cast (poured into molds). These few I have were minted. Usually they are Bronze, Brass, Copper. These are very specific designed based on their dynasty and emperor they represented. These stopped at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Empire was created. The Chinese Empire coins were famous for the dragons coins. After the Empire transition went to the Republic which most were represented by the 2 flags on the coins and commemorative busts of the founders. The republic ended just after 1949 and the current regime took power. The nationalists fled to what is today Taiwan.&nbsp; A lot of people are confused by the province names on coins from this period (1888-1949). I have included a map (I own) in English below from late 1880&#039;s-1890&#039;s which show the names and locations of the old provinces.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672312[/ATTACH]</p><p>On the Dragon Empire coins it was put out that each province would have the standardized design and on the reverse of the coin in the center would be the mint mark for which province they represented. The is was only for a certain time period and you can see many variations from different provinces before and after this period. See below the coin with the mintmark in question. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one has the symbol representing Kwangtung (Guangdong province).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672313[/ATTACH]</p><p>this one you see has no information. this is because it was a standard empire government coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672314[/ATTACH]</p><p>another Government coin had Hupoo at the top. This was the government agency responsible for mintage at the time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672315[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps you a bit. Its a little harder to type to explain rather than voice discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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