Anybody know what this is?

[7up2000]

Hey folks,
Found this in an old neighborhood. Almost threw it away as scrap metal. But it cleaned up to reveal some mystery writing(Chinese?)

 

[Turbo21]

It is a Chinese cash coin and may be very old. If you do some searching on Google you can get a date on it

 

[bigfoot1]

yup...what turbo said...dont quit your day job tho...cool to find...old usually...not worth a cheap beer

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

here is where you will find the year range and dynasty your coin is from: CHINESE COIN IDENTIFICATION - Calgary Coin Gallery

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

I have found many Chinese cash coins, they seem to be all over! you found the same dynasty coin as one I found, if I remember right from this one its from the early 1700's here is mine.

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

the deal with these Chinese cash coins is they were used for currency, people decorated things such as clothes and sewing baskets with them also they were buried and thrown in lakes for good luck.

 

[duggap]

See if this will help you .Chinese coin reference listing

 

[CoinminerSD]

Appears to be: Emperor HSUAN TSUNG AD 1821-1850 S-1512, "BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency"

 

[MuckyBottles]

Hey folks,
Found this in an old neighborhood. Almost threw it away as scrap metal. But it cleaned up to reveal some mystery writing(Chinese?)

Since you asked it's a Chinese coin