Jaws2 Sr. Member Oct 15, 2009 408 1 Detector(s) used Minelab Sovereign GT, Excalibur 11, Fisher F75 Jan 25, 2010 #1 How about some help identifying this coin/tokan. Thanks Amazon Forum Fav 👍 Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon! Attachments 003.JPG 140.4 KB · Views: 193 002.JPG 118.5 KB · Views: 204 005.JPG 135.2 KB · Views: 191 007.JPG 136.4 KB · Views: 198
How about some help identifying this coin/tokan. Thanks Amazon Forum Fav 👍 Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!
Breezie Gold Member Oct 3, 2009 6,269 2,119 North Carolina 🥇 Banner finds 1 Detector(s) used White's DFX & Spectrum~Garrett's Pro-Pointer~VibraProbe Primary Interest: Metal Detecting Jan 25, 2010 #2 I think they are called amulets or pinyins(square holed coin). Yours is the Boo-Ji Chihli Mint Paoting Chihli as shown #5 on this website: http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/mintmarks/jichihli.html Here is a website with your actual coin made 1875 to 1908. http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/1532...INT_PAOTING_CHIHLI_1875_1908_VERY_SCARCE.html Also check out this website for others: http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/chin-amulets1.htm Breezie Attachments ManchurianChineseMintMarks.jpg 32.7 KB · Views: 174 CCoin1.jpg 55.2 KB · Views: 186 CCoin2.jpg 52.7 KB · Views: 186 Upvote 0
I think they are called amulets or pinyins(square holed coin). Yours is the Boo-Ji Chihli Mint Paoting Chihli as shown #5 on this website: http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/coins/mintmarks/jichihli.html Here is a website with your actual coin made 1875 to 1908. http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/1532...INT_PAOTING_CHIHLI_1875_1908_VERY_SCARCE.html Also check out this website for others: http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/chin-amulets1.htm Breezie