Chinese copper and nice ring

Gene Mean

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Went to the county park and found a couple keepers. The coin is early 1900's "Foo-Kien 10 cash". Never heard of it til today.
The ring is Sterling and a nice find after a lot of clad. It came in a solid 25 on the 800. My eyes can't make out the mark too good and my camera can't focus much better but if you can help with the mark thanks! Apologies, this is the first time I've uploaded pics from my phone to computer. Double tap and pics will be horizontal. Thanks, Gene
 

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Sweet finds- that is a sharp looking stone in that ring- Congrats!
 

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I think your ring maker's mark might be Bell Trading Co - Albuquerqe , NM. - 1970's/80's looks like black onyx to me .
 

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Gene Mean

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Sweet finds- that is a sharp looking stone in that ring- Congrats!

Thanks. Heading to the antique store to get it reshaped and sized for my wife.
 

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Gene Mean

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I think your ring maker's mark might be Bell Trading Co - Albuquerqe , NM. - 1970's/80's looks like black onyx to me .

Thanks for the info. Upon closer inspection with a magnifying glass over my phone magnifier I clearly see the Bell hallmark.
 

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Great finds nice to give ot to the better 7/8s I hide all mine from Mine and the kids we sold some of my gold for a 1300 dollar water heater rrrrrhhh!!!! That coin is really cool I always hope when I find a foreign coin that its some really rare ancient find cause alot of them look like they are or should be. Great post keep the finds coming Tommy
 

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Gene Mean

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Great finds nice to give ot to the better 7/8s I hide all mine from Mine and the kids we sold some of my gold for a 1300 dollar water heater rrrrrhhh!!!! That coin is really cool I always hope when I find a foreign coin that its some really rare ancient find cause alot of them look like they are or should be. Great post keep the finds coming Tommy

Thanks Tommy
 

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Have you found out any more information on the coin? I found a similar one on a chinese language coin website the difference is the one on the site said 10 cashes instead of 10 cash like yours. Also the price of that coin according to the site is 24750RMB which is around 3500 US dollars . 9C0893A2-9F7A-45D4-A411-480643760812.jpeg
 

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