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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 612856, member: 17118&quot;]All three coins are Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two are from the Qing (Ch&#039;ing) Dynasty (1644-1911) and the third coin is from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).</p><p><br /></p><p>More specifically, the coins are as follows:</p><p>1)&nbsp; &quot;Qian Long Tong Bao&quot; cast during the reign of Emperor Gao Zong (1736-1795).&nbsp; The reverse side indicates it was cast at the Board of Works in Peking (Beijing).&nbsp; (Incidentally, the images are upside down.)</p><p><br /></p><p>2)&nbsp; This coin is also a &quot;Qian Long Tong Bao&quot;.&nbsp; The reverse indicates it was cast in Yunnan Province but many of these coins were actually cast at the Board of Revenue in Peking.</p><p><br /></p><p>3)&nbsp; The coin is a &quot;Yuan Feng Tong Bao&quot; written in &quot;seal&quot; script and cast during the reign of Emperor Shen Zong (1068-1085) of the Northern Song Dynasty.&nbsp; This coin has a &quot;flower hole&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you happen to have an interest in ancient Chinese &quot;flower hole&quot; coins, please feel welcome to visit my web page <a href="http://primaltrek.com/flowerhole.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/flowerhole.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese Coins with Flower (Rosette) Holes</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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