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.
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
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.
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