Just found my oldest coin!! Dates to early 15th or early 16th century

[Ray in CA]

I think...If I read the identifying mark correctly as the Boo Chi mint as found on this site: http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm

The possible dates are 1419, 1467, 1478, 1501, and 1514.

I had actually detected this coin with my Tesoro Bandido II uMax about three or fouryears ago (in the same area I found my recent chinese coin), and had thought I lost it for good a long time ago. Today I was cleaning out a drawer and whala! There it was. I guess it pays to keep a clean office.

It also appears to have been a survivor of one of the many fires that ravaged such mining towns as the one I found it in.

Ray

 

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[civilman1]

That's what it look's like to me Ray...."Boo Chi" and a high five,Congrat's!!!

 

[finderzzs]

While yes they are old, they used to attach these to sewing baskets back in the 40's 50's

 

[Detectingfreak]

Thats awesome that you guys can always identify those old coins!!!

 

[Ray in CA]

Thanks civilman!

finderzzs, that's a neat historical fact. I didn't know that!

detectingfreak...I had no clue how to identify the chinese coins I had been finding till someone put me on to that site.

I'm still excited by the fact that such a coin has so much history behind it. It makes me wonder just how many hands it has been in over the past 500 years.

Ray

 

[Ray in CA]

OK, Alan from Long Beach just informed me that my coin is upside down, LOL. And it's actually from the same period (Chien-Lung, 1736-1796) as my last coin. Dagnabbit!! Thought I had a real oldie. Oh well, I still love finding these chinese coins. Thanks for the correction, Alan!

Ray

 

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hea Ray go back to where you found the coin & start too
search for GOLD, if you did not find the coin in a town.
Theres a good chance there could be GOLD in the area,
since the Chinesse mined for GOLD.

 

[aa battery]

nice 1 Ray now where did you say you found it?

 

[tymcmurray]

Way to go!!!