99.9% sure its junk....SOLVED

[maxmoney]

I found this while on a hunt yesterday. Before throwing it in the scrap box I figured I would make sure. It is very thin. It looks like at one time it was the size of a dime with a square hole in the middle. I highly doubt I could read it so clear if it was really from the date on it. I am thinking play money or novelty item? Just tell me to throw it away.

P.S. Don't laugh at me ......I know its tempting

 

[Tony in SC]

Re: 99.9% sure its junk

Looks like part of a Chinese cash coin. Tony

 

[The.Boomer]

Re: 99.9% sure its junk

Could be part of some kinda tax token ?

 

[hhbooker2]

Re: 99.9% sure its junk

I found this while on a hunt yesterday. Before throwing it in the scrap box I figured I would make sure. It is very thin. It looks like at one time it was the size of a dime with a square hole in the middle. I highly doubt I could read it so clear if it was really from the date on it. I am thinking play money or novelty item? Just tell me to throw it away.

P.S. Don't laugh at me ......I know its tempting

Greetings & Salutations! It appears to be an old Chinese bronze coin that had an open square centre so it and other such coins would be kept on a small square handle like on a knife. My sister's father who was a "China Sailer" in the early 1930s United States Navy's submarine service in Asia, he brought back a slew of such coins that were probably used in the earlier Boxer Rebellion. The writing is Chinese, not Korean or Japanese and the date is probably not that old as it would suggest, maybe 100 years old, maybe? The Chinese had their own calendar which is different than the Julian or Georgian calendars. Just a wild guess? Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California

 

[Fast_Dave]

Re: 99.9% sure its junk

Sorry to bust the bubble but thats part of a coin. Here's the full thing from an Ebay add. They wern't sure of the origin(Japan, Korea or China)

p.s. A little additional information, the two dates on the back(?) 1736 and 1796 are the dates when Chien Lung started and ended his rule in China, so maybe some type of commemorative coin?

 

[maxmoney]

Re: 99.9% sure its junk

Sorry to bust the bubble but thats part of a coin. Here's the full thing from an Ebay add. They wern't sure of the origin(Japan, Korea or China)

p.s. A little additional information, the two dates on the back(?) 1736 and 1796 are the dates when Chien Lung started and ended his rule in China, so maybe some type of commemorative coin?

Thats it . Thanks for the info. I Found it in Tot Lot woodchips. I figured it was kids play money. Now I know its part of a real coin (commemorative) I will keep it. I thought it was going to have fisher price stamped on the top .

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-JAPAN-K...9563250QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Thanks everybody who took time to answer. I am glad I asked.

HH
Robert