Chinese Cash Coin

[Bboydrake]

I found this Chinese Cash coin. I think it is Ching Dynasty. Looking for help dating it further.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Obverse looks like one I ID-ed a couple of days ago; here:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/653669-chinese-cash-coin.html
However, the reverse is different.
Don.......

 

[Mackaydon]

Welcome to treasurenet !
These cash coins are dated only down to the reign of the emperor; no specific year.
Don......

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Yang Hao]

From the mint mark on the back your coin appears to have been minted in Beijing by the 工部 gong bu (Ministry of public works)

 

[Bboydrake]

Thanks for the information. Does that help narrow it down any? Can you tell what Emperor?

 

[Inspector]

You can do a google search and get an exact match for the approx age. Congrats on the save

 

[Yang Hao]

Thanks for the information. Does that help narrow it down any? Can you tell what Emperor?

it's a 乾隆通寶 qianlong tongbao. Qianlong Emperor from the Qing Dynasty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor

 

[Red-Coat]

Don has already given you the Emperor if you consult the link he gave you. I know some folks don’t like clicking on hotlinks though.

Your coins is from the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty. His reign title was Qianlong (Ch'ien-lung) and known after his death by the temple name Gaozong (Kao Tsung).

He ascended to the Imperial throne in 1735, with coins being produced bearing his reign title from 1736-1795. Although he lived on for another for another four years, he announced his intention to abdicate in 1795 to fulfil a promise that, out of respect, he wouldn’t reign longer than his grandfather’s 61 years as Emperor.

Despite his abdication he retained ultimate power as the ‘Retired Emperor’ until his death in 1799 and there are some commemorative coins believed to have been issued during that retirement period or as earlier commemoratives. Those have a slightly different ‘Lung’ character as the bottom one of four on the obverse. Yours is a regular issue, produced throughout his reign.

Edit: Just saw that Yang Hao had replied too.

 

[Bboydrake]

Much gratitude for all the information.