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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2667277, member: 66&quot;]Yep that&#039;s the problem.&nbsp; They are both 17th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 001 is from Emperor Shun-chih&nbsp; 1644-1661</p><p>The reverse (coin 002) is upside down the simple character should be on the left hand side.</p><p>This is KM 296 (Schjoth 1408)&nbsp; It is a 1 cash coin from the Chekiang Mint</p><p>both characters on the reverse represent the mint name in two &quot;languages&quot;&nbsp; The left character is the Manchu &quot;Je&quot; and the right character is the chinese &quot;Che&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 004 is Emperor K&#039;ang-hsi&nbsp; 1662-1722</p><p>the reverse (coin 003) is correctly oriented&nbsp; The left character &quot;boo&quot; could be roughly translated as coin or good coin.&nbsp; The right character ciowan indicates the Hu-pu Board of Revenue.&nbsp; So boo-ciowan&nbsp; is &quot;coin of the Hu-pu board of Revenue&quot;</p><p>It is KM 311.1 or 311.1b (Schjoth 1419) depending on the diameter.&nbsp; If it is 24 mm it is 311.1b, if it is 25 to 27 mm it is 311.1</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither coin is particularly valuable&nbsp; The KM 296 is about $3 and the 311.1 either type is about $1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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