Foreign Coin (Japanese/Chinese)

[joe_dirt]

I dug this coin yesterday in Virginia. I'm guessing it's Japanese but I really don't know, could be Chinese. I figured I'd post it here and see if anyone has any idea what exactly it is. It's roughly the same size as a US quarter. Thanks.

 

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[Bryanhashemi]

Its not a coin. Its a token. think its chinese.

 

[detect-OR-fish]

It is a coin.

Emperor KAO TSUNG AD 1736-1795 CH'IEN-LUNG.
"BOO YUWAN" (Board of Works mint in Bejing). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-yuan or "The Source of all Currency".

coins of china, the Ch'ing Dynasty

 

[rmbutcher4]

Unbelievable! I just got back from a local field and dug the same exact coin. I was going to post it on "what is it" and this is the first post I see. Congratulations. HH.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

I found the same coin. Did they make replicas? Mines more worn

 

[detect-OR-fish]

Did they make replicas?

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[SgtSki in MI]

It's an old Chinese cash coin. I found one a few years ago an an old schoolhouse site, I understand that they're pretty common non-dug. Nice Find!

 

[joe_dirt]

Thanks all for the replies and the ID. Much appreciated.

 

[kuger]

Very common where Chinese were,most date back to the 1600's it seems,most are not worth much either, too bad I have dug hundreds of em!

 

[kuger]

Unbelievable! I just got back from a local field and dug the same exact coin. I was going to post it on "what is it" and this is the first post I see. Congratulations. HH.

Yours actually is not the exact coin.....all the characters mean something and the differences are often subtle.One side denotes the Emperor,and what Mint,and rein(period)

 

[Yang Hao]

old post but no solve

乾隆通宝 it's a qianlong tongbao.

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

 

[Mackaydon]

Yang Hao,

Thanks for clearing up the ID on many T-net Chinese coin sites today.
Don....