Selections from my Asian coin hoarde - Part 1

In another thread I mentioned that I picked up a fairly large lot of Asian coins (mostly with the intent of flipping them), but I'm having a dog's time trying to identify some of them.

My biggest issue is figuring out dates! If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated.

Since attachments automatically go to the bottom of the message, I'll post each image seperately.

 

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Japanese 20 Sen - 1910?

 

Sounds like fun !

 

Japanese 50 Sen - 1906?

 

Chinese 10 Cents - 1914?

 

Chinese "Silver Dollar"

I found this in Krause, but I need a little help nailing down the date.

 

Chinese "Silver Dollar"

Same thing... I found this in Krause, but I need a little help nailing down the date.

 

Those Chinese silver dollars came encapsulated in this thing from the Washington Mint...

 

Japanese One Rin - 1882?

 

Japanese One Yen - Date?

I thought for sure this was a fake when I first saw it, since it was nice and bright and had lots of luster, but the weight and diameter are spot on. The coin is a little banged up.

Can anyone identify the date?

 

Hong Kong One Cent - 1875

This one makes me very, very sad. It's been harshly cleaned and highly polished. The color looks even worse in hand.

 

Last one for now...

I'm not even sure what this is! Coin? Token? Pot holder? lol

All I know it that it's HUGE. It weighs 67.75 grams and is 68mm in diameter.

Anyone see anything like this before?

 

It appears to be a charm or good luck piece, unfortunately I cannot make out the characters well enough to nail it as a Chinese made piece.

 

Yes, 1914 for the "Chinese 10 cents".

 

The Chinese dollar with the boat on the reverse is dated 1934.
The second Chinese dollar is dated 1921.

Gary

 

The "unknown coin" is a Chinese charm.

One side of the charm displays the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. If you are interested in this subject please visit my web page Ancient Chinese Zodiac Charms.

The other side depicts Zhang Daoling fighting a demon. I discuss Zhang Daoling on my web page Daoist Charms.

Gary

 

Wow, very informative site Gary, thanks for posting!

 

First things first - Although this site is the best one on the web for dating Japanese coins, the same date characters are used on Chinese coins, so what you learn there will do double duty.

Now, in order from top to bottom:

Post #2: Not sure if it's Meiji 42 (1919) or 43 (1920). Depends on the number of parallel lines in the character at exactly 3:00 o'clock.

Post #4: Meiji 39 (1906)

Post #5: Pretty indistinct for my old eyes, but it is a Republic of China coin and does seem to be dated Republic Year 3, which is 1914.

Post #6: Republic Year 23 (1934)

Post #7: Republic Year 10 (1921)

Post #8: "Manchu": ???
. Sun Yat Sen: Republic Year 23 (1934)

Post #9: Meiji 15 (1882)

Post #10: Taisho 3 (1914)

Post #12: Probably a Temple Charm.

 

I'm going to try and "unpolish" this coin.

Before I go and potentially do more damage to it, does anyone disagree with my assessment that it has been cleaned and polished?

I'd hate to go and "unproof" a rare and valuable proof coin... lol

Whoops, I'm refering to the Victoria Hong Kong one cent above...

 

Super super collection! Need some background added!

Ruben