Oriental coin but what is it?

[Fourman110]

Found this at my parents 1906 Victorian house. My guess is Korean but have no clue.

 

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[stefen]

Chinese....

 

[Mackaydon]

I think it's this one:
Chinese:

Dynasty: Ch'ing (1644 - 1911 a.d.) Emperor: Te Tsung (1875-1908 a.d.) Reign Title: Kuang Hsu (1875-1908 a.d.) Don......

Kuang Hsu T'ung Pao

Maybe, more specifically:

24 mm

Obv.:	Kuang Hsu T'ung Pao
Rev.:	Right: Manchu Guwang - Kwangtung Province Left: Manchu Boo - coin
Rarity:	Very Common

 

[Fourman110]

As usual the folks on Tnet are an incredible resource. Is there any way to narrow the year down?

Jay

 

[park pirate]

Don't know but looks like an olde ...

 

[Mackaydon]

This may help you in ID-ing the year of Chinese coins:
“Creounity Time Machine”, the universal date converter for coin collectors
Don......

 

[Fourman110]

Here's a pic of the other side.

 

[aa battery]

nice find. Why do they have holes in the middle ?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find, very interesting piece.

 

[dirtlooter]

because that's the way someone liked them.. sorry, just had to say that

 

[ivan salis]

they are like cents are today -- very low value coins --the square hole purpose is two fold ---one it saves some metal and two it allows them to be strung on strings in lots of 100 ....