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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 673937, member: 17118&quot;]Regarding image 1, the four Chinese characters in the middle read <i>guang</i> <i>xu yuan bao</i> indicating that the coin is from the time of Emperor De Zong (1875-1908) of the Qing (Ch&#039;ing) Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese at the top of the coin appears to be <i>zhe jiang sheng zao</i> which translates as &quot;made in Zhejiang Province&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two Chinese characters at the bottom of the coin appear to be <i>dang shi</i> which means &quot;ten cash&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Manchu character at the right edge appears to be <i>je</i> which would indicate that it was made at the Hangzhou mint.&nbsp; Hangzhou is located in Zhejiang Province.</p><p><br /></p><p>The image is really much too small, and it is difficult to make out the characters, but I am fairly confident that the above reading is correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps with this additional information, hontonai or another forum member can help identify the coin for you and attest to its authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, image 5 is just too small for me to read the Chinese characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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