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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3553962, member: 81887&quot;]Your friend was almost right- Schjoth 1121 is a value 3 coin, if yours is a value 2 it is Schjoth 1120.&nbsp; (Schjoth refers to an older but still widely used catalogue of Chinese cash coins; a more modern reference for your piece is Hartill 19.146.)&nbsp; The inscription, reading top-bottom-right-left, is Da Yi tong bao (Current coin of Da Yi period).&nbsp; (The reading by [USER=57121]@Sullykerry2[/USER] of Dai _ tsu ho is correct if the inscription is read as Japanese.)&nbsp; This type was issued 1360-61 by Chen Youliang, a rebel in southern China during the late Yuan (Mongol) dynasty.&nbsp; Hartill lists this type as scarce and worth ~$150, so I would be cautious about authenticity- it doesn&#039;t stand out as extremely fake from your photo, but there are lots of fakes, copies, etc. of even common Chinese coins, so unless someone with lots of knowledge about Chinese coins (i.e. not me) vouches for it I wouldn&#039;t be too excited.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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