300 year old coin found in Northern Il.

[Merf]

I had an hour to kill late yesterday afternoon and with few spots left to hunt I went back to a very trashy 1800s site. Started digging every signal except iron and got lucky.
I dug the beat up indianhead first and after digging lots of trash I got a steady 50 on the VDI and dug up this Chinese coin. I posted it on the What is it forum and was almost floored when Mackaydon and Fast Dave IDed it as a coin from the Ming Dynasty 1662 to 1722. Thanks Guys.

""""Lower image resembles Emperor SHENG TSU
AD 1662-1722
reign title: K'ANG-HSI, AD 1662-1722
"BOO YUWAN" (Board of Works mint). The Manchurian mint name translates to Pao-yuan or "The Source of all Currency".F $2.00 VF $3.50
Scroll down to "S1422"


Don.......

Source:http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm """"



I put it in the tumbler for 1/2 hour and it cleaned up well.
It is not worth much but it is sure a thrill to find a coin that old.
Best luck my friends.

 

[Merf]

Thanks Silverfreak I would love to know the history of that coin.


Thanks Titan

 

[allen]

good going on that old coin !

 

[EDDE]

someone has a "cash coin" I.D. site floating around

 

[kevin11]

Wow 300 years is a long long time,Nice find.
Kevin

 

[Mackaydon]

Merf:
Regarding your "AF" coin, I found this interesting:
Adolf Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death.The king died of digestion problems on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself to death."
Don.....

 

[Michiganne]

Wow, Merf, you just never know! Nice find!

HH

 

[Merf]

Thanks Chi- Town


Thanks Allen

 

[Merf]

someone has a "cash coin" I.D. site floating around

www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm

 

[Merf]

Thanks Kevin

 

[Merf]

Merf:
Regarding your "AF" coin, I found this interesting:
Adolf Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death.The king died of digestion problems on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself to death."
Don.....

Thanks Don

Very interesting stuff about the king. Must have been a large fellow,

 

[Merf]

Wow, Merf, you just never know! Nice find!

HH

Thanks Michiganne

 

[Roger Mn.]

The Chinese coins are an interesting find
and the AF coin is the first I've seen.

 

[Mackaydon]

Merf:
He was a big man; here's his portrait:
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cach...nger"+Adolf&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

 

[Merf]

Merf:
He was a big man; here's his portrait:
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cach...nger"+Adolf&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

Man, He was big----And good lookin too

Thanks Don

 

[Merf]

Thanks Rodger

 

[michigan michael]

sweet recovery!

 

[davew0710]

What's next....Romans in Illinois? Wow...That is a cool find.. Congrats..jgas

You had fur traders in the area long before that. Bet there are some early French, English, or American coins hiding somewhere in Illinois.








Thanks J-------It was a shocker as this area wasn't settled til about 1800.
Might have been a family keepsake.

 

[Ed-NH]

Congrats that is one cool find. The age is very impressive!

 

[mpostma]

Hey Merf!
Congrats on a great find! The older the better, and that is old!

I was in your neck of the woods over the weekend, at Libertyville. Didn't even bring my machine, or look anyone up.
Was busy at Great Lakes!

Good Luck on even more oldies!

Mark

 

[Merf]

Thanks Memorialmagnet