First Chinese coin

[CarsonChris]

Wondering what this is and the year it was made? Found on a beach in Tahoe.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Cash coins like yours are dated only to within the year range of the reigning ruler. Proper alignment of the coin would be turning the coin 180 degrees.
Don.........

 

[Dozer D]

MACKAYDON: you appear to be an expert on foreign coin ID, and I take off my hat to you, as job well done. But in your area of foreign coins, what is the hardest country coins to identify? It's gotta be the oriental.

 

[Mackaydon]

Dozer,
Actually, the Chinese 'cash; coins are among the easiest to ID if you have access to the reference sources.
With Chinese coins there are plenty of online reference sources.
Thanks for the kind words.
Now you have inadvertently put pressure on me to ID the coin more thoroughly.
Don......

 

[Mackaydon]

This is a candidate for the coin's ID: (easier to visualize once the coin is correctly oriented).

Ch'ien Lung T'ung Pao coin: [FONT=&quot] Emperor Kao Tsung Shun Huang Ti(Ch'ing/Qing) China 1736-1795
Seeing the reverse side will add more info. The reverse of the member's coin may differ from the one I show here.
Don.....
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[PetesPockets55]

Dozer,
Actually, the Chinese 'cash; coins are among the easiest to ID if you have access to the reference sources.
With Chinese coins, there are plenty of online reference sources.
Thanks for the kind words.
Now you have inadvertently put pressure on me to ID the coin more thoroughly.
Don......

LOL. Are you sweating yet?

I fully agree with Dozer D's assessment.