Ho-nan

I've got a large foreign coin that says HO- NAN on it, sorry no pix, does anyone have any info. on a time period for ho-nan. I think its chinese.

 

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any other info you can give? pictures, dates, type of metal?

 

oooops, shoulda finished reading your post.... try looking here. its been very useful for me for identifying chinese coins....
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm

 

With a dragon design 1905-1911. Crossed flags 1913-1928.

Denomination(10,20,50,100,200 Cash) should be on the same side as HO-NAN at bottom, or post the diameter.

 

Do all chinese coins have square holes in them? The one I'm talking about is a solid coin. Thankx for the site...

 

Look here:
http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2057 Republic
or
http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1919 Imperial

 

The coin appears to be copper. About the size of a US half dollar. Just below HO-NAN are 2 flags with poles criss-crossing eachother. There are 2 weights of some sort dangling below the crossed poles. The coin is solid. the other side has chinese writing around the edge of the coin. The center has a dotted circle about the size of a US cent, with some kind of plant in it. kind of like wheat stalks, 2 of them...

 

Do the crossing flags look like this?

From the republic of China 1928


Source: http://www.ancient-art.com/index.html

 

Maybe this is a little closer

1905 ho-non province:
http://cgi.ebay.com.my/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350223684814

 

Got it.. HO-NAN 50 CASH unlisted variety- long petals, 1912-1949
Thanx everyone

 

Krause lists only cash coins (the ones with square holes) for Honan Province in the 19th Century, but in the 20th Century listings there are a dozen Imperial milled coins, and more than a dozen Republic milled coins.

At least half of the Honan Republican coins have a crossed flag design. Your description of a "large" coin eliminates a few possiblities, but by no means all of them.

If you can't come up with a means of posting a picture, I suggest you visit your local public library's reference section, and look up Honan Province under China in the Standard Catalog of World Coins.

 

My coin is almost the same. It is surly form the same origin. I have had it since the vetis nan war

 

Hey I've got a nice fake Dragon if anybody's..oh, just kidding. Still hurts.

 

There is a china empire coin post. im sure you can see them there. I have several of the honan coins posted including the 50 cash

 

Good to see you back around on the forum @britannia40

 

Thanks. Just took abreak from coins for a while but back mildly now