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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3527096, member: 81887&quot;][USER=103640]@Devin E. Franklin[/USER] : I think you may be mistaken.&nbsp; Puyi used the nien ho (reign title)&nbsp; Xuan Tong during his reign as emperor of China (1909-1912), as seen on this coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937418[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>(During his reign as Japanese puppet-emperor of Manchukuo [Manchuria] from 1932-1945, Puyi used two different reign titles, Da Tong and Sang De, but did not issue any cash-style coinage.)</p><p><br /></p><p>By comparison, here is a coin of the Annamese emperor Thanh Thai from my own collection, which you will notice matches perfectly with the OP coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937422[/ATTACH] </p><p>You will notice that the reign title, found as the top and bottom characters on the obverse, looks very different from that used by Puyi, even if one can&#039;t read the characters the overall shapes just don&#039;t match.&nbsp; Also, note that the two characters on the reverse of this coin are in standard Chinese-type script, and not in the Manchurian script usually used for Qing mintmarks, as seen on this coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937425[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I stand by my original assertion that the OP coin is from Annam, reign of Thanh Thai, denomination 10 van, no mintmark on coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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