Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, l@@k at these!

ironhorse · Nov 18, 2009

I ain't no Romeo, at least not yet, but finding multiples is happening all over. I finished watching Price is Right and decided to head back to the field behind my house for a two hour walk with the detector. I wasn't finding much at all when I wandered to a corner I don't think I searched before, when I left I had 5 Chinese cash coins all from within a 20 foot radius. Other finds were merely trash but these sure made scratch my head since these don't show up here too often especially in 5's!

They all appear to te same script, but the sizes vary. Sad though, I'm going to be hungry for some real finds again pretty soon, might have to check the Colonial radar!

Iron Patch · Dec 27, 2009

The Patriot said:
Don't know how I missed this post

Maybe you have em disc'ed out.

I don't like them either!

hikeinmts · Dec 28, 2009

I can see that you have 2 different Chinese emporer's coins.......and you have three of the coins turned over so it is impossible to date them......you have the mintmark side of them showing. I hunt in S. Korea, and can i.d. the coins for you, emporer who minted them, where they were minted, and if any are rare or common. Some folks think that there are so many Chinese coins, that all are common......nope. There are varieties just like in U.S. coins. I will i.d. them, but will need to see the 2 sides of the same coin pictured one after the other. Great finds. Where these are found, then you have the great possibility of finding older U.S. coins.

kuger · Dec 28, 2009

hikeinmts said:
I can see that you have 2 different Chinese emporer's coins.......and you have three of the coins turned over so it is impossible to date them......you have the mintmark side of them showing. I hunt in S. Korea, and can i.d. the coins for you, emporer who minted them, where they were minted, and if any are rare or common. Some folks think that there are so many Chinese coins, that all are common......nope. There are varieties just like in U.S. coins. I will i.d. them, but will need to see the 2 sides of the same coin pictured one after the other. Great finds. Where these are found, then you have the great possibility of finding older U.S. coins.
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ironhorse · Dec 28, 2009

hikeinmts said:
I can see that you have 2 different Chinese emporer's coins.......and you have three of the coins turned over so it is impossible to date them......you have the mintmark side of them showing. I hunt in S. Korea, and can i.d. the coins for you, emporer who minted them, where they were minted, and if any are rare or common. Some folks think that there are so many Chinese coins, that all are common......nope. There are varieties just like in U.S. coins. I will i.d. them, but will need to see the 2 sides of the same coin pictured one after the other. Great finds. Where these are found, then you have the great possibility of finding older U.S. coins.

I actually found these in a field behind my house here in eastern Canada..........now that I have it in writing, I should go back and look for those old US coins, I would much rather find those ::)

I'll put some pics together for you, but I checked one against another I have dated from the 1850's and they were identical, so I guessed that they were from the same era

kuger · Dec 28, 2009

ironhorse said:
hikeinmts said:

I can see that you have 2 different Chinese emporer's coins.......and you have three of the coins turned over so it is impossible to date them......you have the mintmark side of them showing. I hunt in S. Korea, and can i.d. the coins for you, emporer who minted them, where they were minted, and if any are rare or common. Some folks think that there are so many Chinese coins, that all are common......nope. There are varieties just like in U.S. coins. I will i.d. them, but will need to see the 2 sides of the same coin pictured one after the other. Great finds. Where these are found, then you have the great possibility of finding older U.S. coins.

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I actually found these in a field behind my house here in eastern Canada..........now that I have it in writing, I should go back and look for those old US coins, I would much rather find those

I'll put some pics together for you, but I checked one against another I have dated from the 1850's and they were identical, so I guessed that they were from the same era

If thats true.....they are 1850's those are uncommon.I find all of mine in 1850's-1865 sites(and I have a lot of em) and I dont think I have one.

hikeinmts · Dec 29, 2009

I looked again.....one of the coins is a 1736-1795 coin. The other is a 1796 - 1820 coin. The other 3 coins I can't i.d.
Let me see them, both sides, and I will give you my best idea of what you have.
Again, in all probability, they are common......most of the Chinese coins are. But, there are variations of the way they make the Chinese characters, and a few of each emperors' coins, depending on the mint also, are fairly rare. Found one for one of the
other members on this net. Hopefully will find one for you.

ironhorse · Dec 29, 2009

this year I have been fortunate to find several Chinese coins, first was one undug, I found it in a vacant apartment I was working in , it was on a pullstring for a ceiling light, the landlord considered it part of my pay(

with a smile) second was the modern one from a park, and the rest were found all together in the field, five the first time and one on a pass through on my way home one day

I usually don't research these at all, their condition is often pretty bad

have fun with these
one more time

Coins4Cheese · Dec 29, 2009

ironhorse said:
this year I have been fortunate to find several Chinese coins, first was one undug, I found it in a vacant apartment I was working in , it was on a pullstring for a ceiling light, the landlord considered it part of my pay( with a smile) second was the modern one from a park, and the rest were found all together in the field, five the first time and one on a pass through on my way home one day

I usually don't research these at all, their condition is often pretty bad

have fun with these
one more time

The one on the bottom left is a Japanese 5 yen coin. (About 5 cents).

hikeinmts · Dec 30, 2009

The one on the bottom lower left is the Japanese coin. It is year ShoWa 59. I don't have the value readily available.
I can see that you have at least 3 different mint marks, and that you have at least 2 emperors.
Top Left: 1736-1795, Yunnan Province, Board of Rev., type A.....Hartill #22.337. (Interesting emperor character, but very common.
Top Middle: 1796-1820, Board of Works, Hartill 22.492-4. Common.
Top Right: 1736-1795, Board of Works, Hartill 22.258-60. Common.
Middle Left: 1796-1820, and I can't make out the mintmark.
Middle Middle: 1736-1795, Board of Works, Hartill 22.251. Common.
Middle Right: 1796-1820, Board of Revenue, Hartill 22.440-468. Common.
Bottom Right; 1736-1795, Board of Works, Hartill 22.22.481-489. Common.
Sorry that none of them were anything important. I have been hunting and finding Chinese coins here in S. Korea for about 30 years. Have found hundreds....not one of them over $15.00. But, one of the guys on our TH website sent me some scans of a few of the Chinese coins he found, and the first one I looked at was over $100.00. Go figure. God bless. hikeinmts@hotmail.com