https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xx9m...ey=9lhr6hlmezjtcpev760nnzbql&st=lnszqlhl&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sxut...ey=mykvg6isbwcejdqhota7lfdaj&st=wy59rzi1&dl=0 Suspect it's a Chinese coin, or a token that's a copy of such, or just done in the style of such. Any ideas what this is exactly?
It's supposed to be a Chinese 1 Cash coin AD 1644-1661. The problem is I can't find a matching reverse so it might be a reproduction. https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#shun chih Edit: It has the reverse of S-1500 https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chai ching
Thanks! The obverse definitely seems to be a copy of that, but the reverse doesn't match at all. Probably the reverse is a copy of an entirely different coin. I don't have any idea what it says, but it does seem to be in Manchu script. I don't think this is a "fake" in the sense it was made to fool anybody; more likely it's a good luck token that has copied an old design from somewhere.
I agree with @Mr. Numismatist , obverse is of Shunzhi (1644-1661), but the only two mints that used reverses with two Manchu characters in this reign were Board of Revenue and Board of Works, which this clearly isn't. This reverse is Boo fu (Fuzhou in Fujian Province), which doesn't seem to occur until the Qianlong period (1736-95). Agreed more likely a token of some sort rather than meant to deceive modern collectors.
