From what little I have been able to find out, so far this is what research has told me.. This piece is from the Qing Dynasty, Its name is Qian Long Tong Bao 1736-1796, it is 2.5 cm and the color is more of a gold, although so far research has shown brass or copper. I am very new to this, my grandfather passed away and left a bunch of coins to me. Anyone have any idea as to what this would be worth? Thanks!!
I don't think they're particularly valuable. Here in Japan, you can go to a coin show and buy mixed bags of cash coins that include multiples of your coin for around $40-50 per hundred coins. I bought a bag of 10 for $6 and there were three coins like yours in the bunch.
Emperor Gāo Zōng. 1736-1795. AE Wen (Cash). Board of Revenue (Běijīng) mint. Cast circa AD 1754-1760. Qian Long Tong Bao, in Hanzi / Boo Chiowan, in Manchu. Hartill 22.204. Gao Zong is the Temple name of the emperor; he was known during his reign as the Qian Long Emperor. Wen is the Chinese name for the coin referred to in English as "cash." Hartill is the standard English reference for Chinese cast coinage. Although an interesting and old coin, there were billions of this type produced over a period of 64 years. It is worth about $2.
Thanks for the information. It helps me tremendously...I have so many to go through and with this one the research results weren't very clear.
