I have never had much luck with cash coins from china. The few i have gotten in the past are more often fake then real. I also have never had much luck attributing them, and have alwasy relied on cointalk help in that respect. I will post below a single file with 10 coins i cant identify. If you can, please post what you believe the coin is. I will also post a link to a 1200DPI scan for further enlargement if needed. That file is 7.5MB's. Thanks for any help!! 300DPI 1200 DPI
1 2 Ying Zong, Zhi Ping yuan bao 1064-1067 Northern Song 3 Kai Yuans Tang Dynasty 618-907? 4 Tu Durc 1848-1883 Annam 5 Shen Zong, Yuan Feng Tong Bao 1068-1085 Northern Song? 6 Sheng Zu, Kang Xi tong bao 1662-1722 -Rotate pic 180 7 Tu Durc 1848-1883 Annam 8 Shen Zong, Yuan Feng Tong Bao 1068-1085 Northern Song? 9 Nguyen Hue, Quang Trung Thong Bao 1788-1792 Annam 10 French Indo China 1 Cent 1896-1939 Please post a pic of the reverse.
Wow, that was quick!! Thanks!! I will post an image of the reverse a bit later. Most of them seem to be blank, but the ones that have something depicted on the reverse, are usually only 1 symbol on either side
Some of the coins seem to go back alot earlier than i thought. Do they appear real, or counterfeit? The coins are listed in the same order as the obverse picture was. 300DPI 1200 DPI Thanks for your help!!
1) yuan feng tong bao written in seal script cast during the years 1078-1085 of the reign of Emperor Shen Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty. 5) yuan you tong bao written in running script cast during the years 1086-1093 of the reign of Emperor Zhe Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty. Please compare with a similar coin here. I agree with DCH on the identification of the other coins. Gary
thanks!! I never would have ever figured these out!!! I cant believe how old some of these are, and yet so inexpensive! I appreciate your help!!!
With the help of DCH and manymore, i was able to attribute 3 of the coins. coin 4 - Vietnam - KM-380a coin 7 - Vietnam - KM-380 coin 10 - French Indo-China - KM-12.1 (unreadable date) My Krause books do not far enough back to attribute 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9. In the Krause books for the Vietnam KM-380, they listed a 'Craig #', and a 'Schroeder #'. Does anyone have access to these books that can identify the other 7 coins?? Is the Schroeder # from the book - 'Annam, Etudes numismatiques (1905)' I cant find a refference to a book by 'Craig' for Vietnam coins
