I could use some help in identifying these five coins. Three have “The Republic of China” but the other two I think are China but I’m not sure. I had this box of old copper that my grandpa gave many years ago. Thank you for your time.
The holed coins appear to be Qing dynasty. The "Republic of China" coins are from Taiwan. The far-right coin on the lower most picture is a Qing dynasty copper, kinda tough to see the city though.
Actually I made a mistake. Republic of China is NOT Taiwan, it was the Chiang Kai-Shek republican era of China proper; Taiwan as we know it didn’t exist yet. it’s confusing because today Taiwan is called Republic of China, whereas back then the ROC was China, before the civil war.
For the two square-holed coins: Top is the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795), Board of Works mint in Beijing. Bottom coin is Jiaqing emperor (1796-1820), Yunnan province mint. Both are very common coins, so despite the age they have little resale value in this condition, probably less than a dollar each. The two bronze coins with flags are indeed Republic of China, roughly 1912 to 1920s. (Republic of China at that point was all of mainland China.) The coin with the dragon and inscription (in Roman letters) TAI-CHING-TI-KUO is from late in the Empire, c.1890s to 1912. There are roughly a bajillion varieties of both the Empire and Republic copper coins, but unless there's a really rare variety that I'm overlooking these are also worth not more than a dollar or so each. Not a lot of monetary value here (again, unless I missed a rare variety) but some interesting historical relics you've got there. Maybe some specialist here can provide more detailed attributions and catalogue numbers. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much. These may have been brought back by my great grandfather. He was in the army and served in the Philippines in the late 1910’s to the early 1920’s. He was in charge of horses for the Calvary. I know he traveled around during this time. I will put these coins in a bag with your description and pass them on.
