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Message:: [QUOTE="ffrickey, post: 1542772, member: 20613"]It always helps if you can tell us something about weight and size.  In the following, I number the coins from left to right, A = top row, B = bottom row. Nr. 1 appears to be a 20 cent piece from the Manchurian Provinces (China), ca. 1908-1915 Ref. Y#213, but what subtype it is I can't tell, the pictures in the standard catalog are not good enough—and my Chinese is non-existent.  If so, it should be about 5.2 g of 890 silver and ca. 22 mm Nr. 2A & B look to be what they say: 10 Cash from Kwangtung province (China) ca. 1900-1906 Ref. Y #193If so, they should be 7.5 g of copper and 27.8 mm diameter. Ditto nr. 3B, apparently 20 cash from Fungtien province (China) (Fengtien in std catalog), but the characters on the obverse outside don't quite match anything shown in the dull, blurry pix in the std catalog.  Brass, 30 mm. Y#90? 3A & 4B are 2 Sen pieces (because they say so), thus Japanese and apparently 19th century since the Std Catalog doesn't show any 20th century 2 Sen pieces  4A is a Korean 5 Fun piece ca. 1893-98, KM #1107-1116, but I can't tell you which one.  17.2 g copper.  26 mm.   Maybe a real oriental coin expert can further nail these down.  And as always, none of these attributions shall be interpreted as a guarantee of authenticity.[/QUOTE]