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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1122775, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m worthless at reading these but it looks like a Qing (Ch&#039;ing, Manchu) cash of the 17-19th century or a copy of one.&nbsp; If that is correct, the full ID would require reading symbols on the reverse missing here.&nbsp; The characters at top and bottom would name the period.&nbsp; At right and left are Tung Pao or, roughly, &#039;Coinage of&#039;.&nbsp; My best guess is Emperor Jen Tsung reign title Chai-Ch&#039;ing 1796-1820 AD but I&#039;m in no way qualified to separate out rarities based on script style or fakes done in modern hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/Emperor%20JEN%20TSUNG%20AD%201796-1820%20Reign%20title:%20CHAI-CH%27ING,%20AD%201796-1820" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/Emperor%20JEN%20TSUNG%20AD%201796-1820%20Reign%20title:%20CHAI-CH%27ING,%20AD%201796-1820">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chai%20ching</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin could be a decorative copy or a much abused genuine coin but any value would require the reverse which is absent here and even in great shape, the common ones are cheap items.&nbsp; In its present condition, I would place the value at little above melt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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