HOLY COW my oldest coin to date (1408-1424 A.D) UPDATE new pics

[imafishingnutt]

This is what I found today on a minus tide
i detected near the water on a minus tide where you cant normally detect
and this is what I found.

UPDATE I ADDED THE TWO CLOSE UPS OF THE COIN

IMA SO EXCITED



24.5mm
Obv.: Yung Lo T'ung Pao
Rev.: Nail Mark on top left
Rarity:
Ref.: Not listed

HOLY COW ,,,,,......Reign Title: Yung Lo (1408-1424 a.d.)

However, we must take into account that in Japan during the period 1587-1617
were cast coins with the same legend
Now I'm stoked

THE COIN I FOUND...


THE ONE I FOUND RESEARCHING IT ON LINE...

[goldenapples]

Wow that must of been some minus tide to be able to detect on a chinese beach from OR

Congrats on a real old coin in good shape aswell, heres a link to price your coin, just keep scrolling down to alittle past halfway .

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china7.htm

[carpetbagger]

Nice find!!!!!! what is a minus tide?

Jeff

[imafishingnutt]

Nice find!!!!!! what is a minus tide?

Jeff

the tides come in for 6 hours and go out for 6 hours day in and day out
here is an example
today high tide 9.4 thats 9 foot 4
low tide -1.7 minus one foot seven inches.
works like that
the tides change according to the moons pull on the ocean.

minus tides dont happen a lot but they happen. several times a year
normal is like
LOW TIDE 3:34 pm 2.7 <----this would be a normal tide
today minus -1.7

[Nana40]

DANG, Ima!!! That's an old coin!!! Congrats on that find!!!

Nana

[possumheaded]

Congrats on the coin. How much is something like that worth, besides being priceless to you?
Ed

[imafishingnutt]

Congrats on the coin. How much is something like that worth, besides being priceless to you?
Ed

I have no Ideah
probably not much

[Highwater]

Rick,
Congratulations on such a terrific find. Not very often that the Pacific NW will give up something that old. Being as where you found it I would say that this find should be banner material. It sure beats rusty nails and canslaw.... Highwater

[imafishingnutt]

thanks
im stoked

[ModernMiner]

IMA,
Congrats on your BANNER find!!! Very unusual old coin for sure.
Way to go.
-MM-

[txkickergirl]

That sure is some coin you found! Wow, did it come out looking like that or was it all covered in crude? If you cleaned it what did you clean it with?

[imafishingnutt]

That sure is some coin you found! Wow, did it come out looking like that or was it all covered in crude? If you cleaned it what did you clean it with?

I just lightly rubbed it clean with some baking soda and water
the coin came out of the muck looking close to that i thought it was a washer till i saw the writing on it.
i was hoping it was an old one like from 1850 to 1900 but to my supprise it was much older
if it was made in 1424 at the latest it would be
584 years old today
I wish i could know the story of the travels behind that coin.

[Neil in West Jersey]

Kinda makes you wonder who else was on our shores before 1492, when Columbus landed in Haiti.

I checked up on the theory, and it does exist: "Starry Night Charts Support Theory That Chinese Beat Columbus to America
" http://www.space.com/spacewatch/navi...na_020318.html

[Master Sarge]

Hey there fishing nut, I am taking History in College this semester and we were taking about the Chinese actually came to America on the East coast before Christopher Columbus came in 1492.

[Master Sarge]

To be truthful they are now talking about Indains crossed a land bridge to Alaska when Russia and Alaska once here togather around 20,000 years ago. Let's all go to Alaska and see if we can find some 20,000 yr old relics.

[imafishingnutt]

Hmmm
very interesting.
this may be worth looking into
but getting our history buffs to admit they may be wrong would be onther task.

I know that the Local indians tell a story of a shipwreck and the indians took in the survivors who had red hair
and the ships men ended up as part of the indian tribes and soon we had indians with red hair and still to this day they have red hair.
the wreck was supposed to be befor 1492
so who was first.

[silverfreak]

Wow...the stories that coin could tell

[Master Sarge]

Here is what I found on the web about the land bridge connecting Asia and Alaska:

Read this link it will confirm the story.

http://whyfiles.org/061polar/anthro.html

[MR----B]

That's incredible!! Nice find, and in great shape also. Do you know what it's worth?

[imafishingnutt]

That's incredible!! Nice find, and in great shape also. Do you know what it's worth?

I have no Ideah
one site said rarity was E whatever that meens
I would say 4 to 8 bucks i saw one for 4 bucks but it was in worse shape.
but its priceless to me