So, I bought a little set thatwas labelled Chinese old coins. I cut the pvc encasement before I took pick's of it. I for the most part wanted to know more about the coins, and the characteristics of them before I started to value them as real. This is my first purchase of the type. I will start with the first half of them, and though they seem to be very common, price wise, I am sure because of different hoards, these have been quite well taken care of despite their holder. All of these have the S-1405 style reverse. The catalog does give them different numbers. Any ways it is a Boo-Ciowan reverse. (board of works mint) I used this as my reference http://calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china7.htm Shun-chi 1644-1661 Kang-hsi 1662-1722 Yung-cheng
Chien-lung Chia-ching 1796-1820 If you have anything to say, I enjoy Criticism (it only makes me stronger) If it's constructive (it only makes me smarter) Thanks for looking.
Hmmm. I am suspicious about the authenticity of these coins, despite the relatively low value. Look carefully at the style of how the characters are drawn and the overall fabric (metal quality, size) of the coins- it was _not_ this consistent over the nearly 200 year timeframe from Shun Zhi to Jia Qing. The "pebbly" appearance of the flat areas is also odd- that's not what I'm used to seeing on cash coins. I'd like to get a second opinion from @Loong Siew and @TypeCoin971973 , but my first impression is not optimistic.
I would like to say that these coins look suspicious, after first inspection. Yes, the Characters meet up where they shouldn't. Most of me right now is saying that they are cast, just might have been in the last 100 years. The Chien-lung seems to have a Chop mark? Remember, I am a noob.
I paid $5 at Disney World for ten replicas of Chinese cash (coins of Qing Dynasty). The sheet they are attached to is printed in Chinese one side and English on the other. Your replicas are much sharper than these. Cash is usually found in the junk bins at shows really cheap. There are very few dealers who can authenticate them. Except for serious collectors, they fall into the category of - "Who Cares." That's a very good reason to collect them as there are rarities around for less than a $1.00 that knowledgeable collectors can "cherrypick" from the uninformed.
I did this when I was younger. It's pretty easy to learn the characters for the 18th-19th century emperors as well as the Board of Works and Board of Revenue "mints" (seemed to be 90%+ from these 2 mints in "junque" boxes ). The Krause World Coin catalogues 1700-1800 and 1800-1900 have some decent basic info to get started. The old editions work fine and you can sometimes find them cheap.
