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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 24531, member: 669&quot;]Not a whole lot Rick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cast iron is far more probable than aluminum or any aluminum alloy.&nbsp; Cash coins were traditionally cast, although there are some later struck brass examples, and their production had pretty well ended before aluminum became readily available.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the general shape of the characters, which I cannot read, I believe your obverse pic should be rotated 90 degrees to the right, and the reverse should also be rotated 90 degrees, but I&#039;m not sure which direction. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Cash coins originated in China more than 2,000 years ago.&nbsp; They circulated in Japan, Korea and Annam (roughly the area now known as Vietnam) until the late 19th Century, except for China where they continued in use until at least the birth of the Republic in the early 20th.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is definitely not Japanese, and my gut feeling is that it&#039;s Chinese, probably 19th Century.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t found a copy of Schjoth (the most definitive work on cash coins) at a price I&#039;m willing to pay, and don&#039;t have any other comprehensive source.&nbsp; There are literally thousands of individual designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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