Any Idea on what this is worth?

My dad, who is in the moving/packing buisness, brought home some coins that he got from a costomer for free. They appear to be Chinese. They have a dragon on the front, with the words "Kwang-Tung Province" They also say 7 Mace and 2 Candareens"

Another type of the coins that he brought home also have a profile of a bald, somewhat chubby man. There is no english written on the coin.


ANOTHER variety of the coins says "Twenty Second year of Kuang Hsu"

The coins that are most interesting to me say "Shanghai One Tael" dating 1867. I am wondering what One Tael is, is it some sort of measureing system that the Chinese use?


I believe that these coins are silver, because their destintive "clink" that they make together is unlike a non-silver coin, they also have the brilliance of silver. All of the coins date from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. I have 44 of these coins, all different varieties. Does anyone know any information about them and how much each are worth?

I figure that they are probably 90% silver, because most coins are made like that. They also appear to be about an ounce, maybe 22 mm wide?


I am only 14 years old, so please excuse my bad grammar.:goofer:

 

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Glad to have anoter 14 year old around, This is what i could find out about the one Teal- It is a silver coin about the size of a silver dollar. It was made in shanghai in 1867 the year before the mint in which it was made was closed.The only value i could find was one that sold for about $10.00 on Ebay Canada.

-Stephen

 

Thats cool, I am pretty happy that my dad got them for free, also!

Thanks!!

 

to CoinTalk young man.

Visit your local public library's reference section, which probably has the Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Krause & Mishler, 19th Century Ed. If not, ask the libararian to get it for you on inter-library loan (impress her by knowing the right terminology )

What you have are mostly Chinese Imperial Provincial coins, about which there is a great deal of information in the SCWC.

You also want to check the 20th/21st Century edition. Your "bald slightly chubby" gentlemen is one of several possibilities - either one of the self-proclaimed "Emperors" from the turbulent first decade of the 20th Century, when the Empire was falling apart and the Republic was in the process of being born, or possibly a hero of the early Republicans like Sun Yat Sen or Chiang Kai Shek. One of my favorite features of world coin collecting is the opportunities it gives to learn a great deal of interesting history in the course of researching coins.

If you can post pictures, we may be able to give you more specific information on your coins.

 

I doubt you can tell the sound difference between silver and ni-cupro+bronze alloy if I am not mistaken. I as a kid was not able to tell the difference as a seller did the same trick to me when I was young.

Note that if you are dealing with Chinese coins, there ARE plenty of counterfeits unfortunately, and so, don't pay a lot unless you have researched the field well enough before making large purchases.

Pictures would be nice, although I understand that it might be difficult. Welcome anyways!

 

Hi welcome to the forum :hug: nice to see more young un's getting involved with the hobby, as has been said a trip to your libery is allways a good starting point also try to get yourself a nice little electric scales rather good for checking weight of coins Hope that you have a good time here with us.

De Orc

 

Well, I would not be to upset if they were counterfeit, because they cost nothing. I am going to try to post up some pictures soon.


People seem to think that I am "new" in the hobbyencil: , when I actually have a pretty nice collection of US and world gold coins, silver and copper coins, and many nice errors. But the only reason I got them is from my great grandfather, who saved all of his old coins. I guess I am new at buying them, so before I ever do, I will make sure I ask you guys for your oppinions!!


Thanks,

Rob

 

sorry for the double post, but I found something:

http://ykleungt.tripod.com/kiangn02.htm those are the coins!

I was wrong about how wide they were, it says they are 39 mm. I am wondering if I can take one to my local shop, and see if he can weight it for me.

 

Thanks guys, im going to see if my dad can take me this weekend.

Rob