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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 859543, member: 17118&quot;]I think the first coin is actually from Annam (Vietnam) and not China but, because of the wear, I cannot be sure. Please take a look at the third coin (<i>Canh Thinh Thong Bao</i>) from the <u>bottom</u> at <a href="http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/roberts/coins/Annamcash.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/roberts/coins/Annamcash.html" rel="nofollow">this web page</a> and see if it is the same coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second and third coins are Chinese.&nbsp; The inscription reads <i>guang xu tong bao</i> and the coins were minted during the reign of Emperor De Zong (1875-1908).</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is <i>cast</i> and was produced at the Board of Revenue mint.&nbsp; There are a number of varieties of this coin and they were cast during the years 1887-1905.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin is <i>struck</i> (machine-made) and was produced at the mint in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province during the years 1906-1908.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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