BIG find of coins!! Need help identifying!!

diggingitrtb

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Out with hogge today and found all 15 coins in one hole!! need help identifying them; They seem to have some sort of Chinese (?) writings on them. Found at an old foundation hole maybe dating back to the early 1800's. Any help with identifying these , would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!!

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RelicRick

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Hey! I found 1 that matches one of yours a while back and the research I did proved it to be malaysian...I still don't know how to tell a date on these. somebody here will be able to help for sure!
 

taz in omaha ne

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CONGRATS on ya Cache Find there !!! Thats a awesome feeling what ya just keep pulling coins outta the ground :) I know first hand as i used to live in NY an found a cache of trade tokens 2,900 of them LoL seemed they came from a robbery that happened in the area an couldnt be spent after LoL there loss an my find...
 

hogge

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Mike Moutray said:
Cool find!!! Most of them are Chinese cash coins minted during the reign of Kao Tsung 1736-1795. Congrats! HH, Mike.
Mike, I just came home from "DiggiitRTB's" and you dated them correctly. We still have over 1/2 of them to figure out, but 5 of the 7 we did were dated to that period. 2 were from 1821-1850. Can you give us a clue as to value? Thanks Hogge
 

kuger

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hogge said:
Mike Moutray said:
Cool find!!! Most of them are Chinese cash coins minted during the reign of Kao Tsung 1736-1795. Congrats! HH, Mike.
Mike, I just came home from "DiggiitRTB's" and you dated them correctly. We still have over 1/2 of them to figure out, but 5 of the 7 we did were dated to that period. 2 were from 1821-1850. Can you give us a clue as to value? Thanks Hogge
Nice find.The 1850's ones are rare,how much they are worth I dont know,but the others are worth a dollar or two.
 

creeper71

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kuger said:
hogge said:
Mike Moutray said:
Cool find!!! Most of them are Chinese cash coins minted during the reign of Kao Tsung 1736-1795. Congrats! HH, Mike.
Mike, I just came home from "DiggiitRTB's" and you dated them correctly. We still have over 1/2 of them to figure out, but 5 of the 7 we did were dated to that period. 2 were from 1821-1850. Can you give us a clue as to value? Thanks Hogge
Nice find.The 1850's ones are rare,how much they are worth I dont know,but the others are worth a dollar or two.
this link may help you out... http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm
 

hikeinmts

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All I could see were as others have described them. And the reverses showed common mints. The 1800 coins aren't necessarily valuable. Depends on the
style of the Chinese characters, and the mint. The different styles will attribute them to certain dates. Still, nice cache of coins NOT FROM THE U.S. That is always interesting. (By the way, anyone reading this: has anyone mentioned locating a cache of foreign coins other than Chinese coins, like a cache of coins from Europe? If so, perhaps it was before I joined this site.)
 

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