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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 7325366, member: 81887&quot;]A token or unofficial piece, but an interesting one...</p><p>Obverse is the normal &quot;Xian feng tong bao&quot; or &quot;Xianfeng current coin&quot; of the Xianfeng emperor (1851-1861), and he did issue many large multiple-cash pieces due to the economic disruption caused by the Taiping Rebellion, but none of them seem to have this reverse (or the waves along the edge, which appear to be hand-carved).&nbsp; The reverse says (right-left) Tai ping &quot;Eternal Peace&quot;, which was the name used by the Taiping Rebels, and the top character on reverse is Tian &quot;heaven&quot;.&nbsp; Some rare Taiping-issued coins do say &quot;Tai ping tian guo&quot; &quot;Taiping heavenly kingdom&quot; on reverse, but the bottom character on yours is not Guo(kingdom), unfortunately I don&#039;t know what it is.&nbsp; An interesting charm, maybe from later than 1861 (I think it would be dangerous to make a piece citing both the real emperor and a rebel movement...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Also, on the &quot;obverse&quot;, the way the bottom character &quot;Feng&quot; is written is odd- a bunch of small strokes at the top are joined together when they shouldn&#039;t be.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t look like it&#039;s just due to wear, it appears whoever wrote the character was not very skilled.&nbsp; A piece worth further research- maybe not worth much, but I&#039;m intrigued who made this, and why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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