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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1346585, member: 17118&quot;]The Chinese copper coin is a &quot;one cash&quot; coin produced in 1908 at the Tianjin mint during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription is written right-to-left although I am writing it below the way we write English left-to-right:</p><p><br /></p><p>Top row: 光緒 (Guangxu) meaning the Guangxu Emperor</p><p>Middle row: 戊申 (1908)</p><p>Bottom row: 一文 (one <i>wen</i> (&quot;cash&quot;))</p><p><br /></p><p>In the very center: 總 (<i>zong</i>) meaning &quot;main&quot; as in the &quot;main mint&quot; which was in Tianjin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse side depicts a dragon.</p><p><br /></p><p>A similar coin may be seen at <a href="http://www.qb365.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=3535" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.qb365.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=3535" rel="nofollow">this Chinese website</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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