Oriental coin with square hole

[oddcoins]

Yesterday evening after work I went out detecting near the dorm halls for the University of Oregon. I dug about $6.00 in clad and a cool looking oriental coin. The oriental coin is about the size of a US quarter ~ square hole in the middle ~ I think it's a Chinese 10 cash cast coin, right? Anyone know about these things? I took pictures of it ~ I don't know what side is the obverse & what side it the reverse! Nor do I know if the coin's image in the pictures I took are right side up!

Neil

 

[tymcmurray]

The coin looks to be from the Chinese Empire/Republic
Cash Emperor Qian Long , 1735-1796 .
The lack of detail in the lettering is a little confusing.

Check out an example of a copy at,

http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...blic Cash Emperor Qian Long 1735-1796 (copy)

Your first photo is upside down.

 

[scrapdoggie]

I have no idea but it's Gorgeous ...Nice dig's

 

[Merf]

Nice find OC
Still on my wish list.

 

[crazyjarhead]

I just posted the exact same coin tonight

 

[Kellyco]

Congrats! Great Find!
Happy Hunting,
Kellyco Chick

 

[Mirage]

To me - all those chinese coins look the same. My son and I have found them. We have a world coin book and I tried to identify them in there. Don't think I really got a positive match. Anyway, they generally are not worth much although they still are cool and generally very old.

Bob