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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2685706, member: 81887&quot;]The new photos helped a bit for #8 by showing the other side (still need other side of #5 to ID to a specific emperor).&nbsp; The main problem right now isn&#039;t the photos, it&#039;s my knowledge (or lack thereof).&nbsp; Here&#039;s what else I know now:</p><p><br /></p><p>The new pieces you posted (in post #6) are definitely some sort of amulets or tokens and not proper coins.&nbsp; I am also starting to think that #1,4, and 9 from the original group may also be some sort of amulets.&nbsp; They don&#039;t include the character Bao (coin), which is found on just about all circulating currency coins in the Chinese and other Asian cash series, and historically there were a lot of coin-shaped amulets used for various good luck reasons.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin #8 is from the Xinjiang (Sinkiang, or Chinese Turkestan) province of China, Xian Feng period (1851-1861) as I said before.&nbsp; This western desert region, inhabited mostly by Muslim minority ethnic groups, issued a lot of red coppery cash coins, so your piece makes sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>On coin 3, the right character is Min (kingdom).&nbsp; Since the bottom and left characters are Tong Bao (current coin), the normal inscription type, the top character should be the first part of the two-word period name.&nbsp; However, I can&#039;t figure out what that first character is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2 has the inscription (in seal script) &quot;Tai He Zhong Bao&quot; (Tai He heavy coin), which was used from 1204-1209.&nbsp; However, I am suspicious of this coin.&nbsp; It should be a large, heavy (as it says) coin, about the size of a US Morgan or Peace dollar, but your piece looks the same size as a normal cash coin.&nbsp; Most likely a copy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s all I can figure out for now.&nbsp; I think you may need to show these to someone who knows more than I do, or hope for someone knowledgeable to stop by this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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