coin/token?....I almost forgot

[Zeke]

I also found this thing at the in laws. I had put it in my back pocket and forgot about it. When I went into the What is it forum to look for the things that resemble the unknown in the top right of my pic in the 2 silver dimes post I remembered about it.?

I thought it might be a washer or something. Washed it off just now and it has weird looking designs around the square hole in the middle of it. Maybe Chinese or Japanese?

 

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[DugHoles]

It definitely an Oriental coin of some type. Good job

GL & HH,

DugHoles
Upstate NY

 

[lonewolfe]

Cash coin! Chinese

cool find!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[bigjer]

check it out here...all you need to know about the coin..
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm

 

[Zeke]

Thanks bigjer. Its probally on that page..........mine is just too worn(for my eyes anyway) to make a good comparison to ID it to one of those.

 

[canthus13]

Hmm... It looks to be from this dynasty: http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#tao kuang Can't tell for sure, though, because it appears to have been painted or plated somehow.

--Me

 

[Leon]

Cool find!
Never seen one with so much gunk on it,,, have ya tried cleaning it yet?

 

[Zeke]

Ive soaked it and used a toothbrush on it. The darker stuff around the edge you can "pop" off with your fingernail. I figured the red clay that it came out of is why it looks the way it does.