HELP..............I CANT IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

[DEEP DIRT FISHING]

HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

I found this coin today, thought it was Chinese=but can't find it.
Any help would be appreciated on Country & age if possible.
If you know of a website I can go to, please advise.
I will post more of my finds later tonight, but this one is "KILLIN" me.

Thanks for you help..........."PUZZLED"!!!!

PS Also found this "KOOL" button on top of the ground.............

 

[jimbob450]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

Looks like a miatary button . What does the back
have on it? Jimbob

 

[Johnny Ringo Silver]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

Chinese cash coin/ Great seal button.....post civil war and newer. 8)

 

[wildrider]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

Yup...Yup

 

[romeo-1]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

Chinese cash coin...machine struck from 1890 to 1908. Kwangtung mint. Cool find!

 

[TimC]

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Yes... it is a Chinese cash. I found one years ago. The hole in the middle is for sewing it to a basket for safekeeping. Maybe they didn't know how to sew.

TimC

 

[DEEP DIRT FISHING]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

WOW THANKS FOR ALL THE "FAST" HELP.............

BELOW IS WHAT I FOUND ON: http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/doc/chinesecash.html

Most cast coins were cast in molds, but in the latter half of the 19th and the early 20th century, some provinces started to move to milled coinage. This cash coin of Kwangtung Province, 1890-1908, is one such milled coin. The fields are smoother and the characters more uniform in height than the cast cash.

THANKS AGAIN..............."MIKE"

 

[romeo-1]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

WOW THANKS FOR ALL THE "FAST" HELP.............

BELOW IS WHAT I FOUND ON: http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/doc/chinesecash.html

Most cast coins were cast in molds, but in the latter half of the 19th and the early 20th century, some provinces started to move to milled coinage. This cash coin of Kwangtung Province, 1890-1908, is one such milled coin. The fields are smoother and the characters more uniform in height than the cast cash.

THANKS AGAIN..............."MIKE"

Good info...look up a couple posts!

 

[robberry]

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yep on the coin, the button is a Great Seal Button, modern, circa 1901 through today...nice find on the coin....

 

[TimC]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

Hey Mike

I checked out the web site with the coins. A gentle suggestion... your pics, both front and back, are upside down. It might save you a little embarrassement showing it.

TimC

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: HELP..............I CAN'T IDENIFY A COIN I FOUND TODAY!!!!

How deep was the coin?

 

[Ramapirate]

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Dang DDF, whassup with putting the coin on here upside down, bro. I'm embarressed for you, cheez, what were you thinking? Have some self respect why don't you! Have you no shame!! I'm beside myself...

PS: I hope you know that I'm way deep messing with you dude, you could have put it on here sideways, I think anybody that knows what one is would recognize it anyway. I don't read chinese. I recognised it , and I ain't the sharpest hammer in the fridge. That is an awesome find, not your run of the mill stuff.

HH,
Ramapirate

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

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Deep Dirt Fishing, you look like a ghost that I saw on a haunting show before.

Keep on hunting with that White's fever!

Kyle

 

[Bootyhunter1971]

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Oh that's not a coin, it's a Chinese chain restaurant token............Chung-E-Cheese

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Those cash coins are everywhere . I guess with 2.2 billion people in china it's no wonder

 

[dakotama95]

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I think I found your coin. I found one today and was researching it and came across this site. (check link)
go down to the Emperor TE TSUNG AD 1875-1908 and scroll down to where it talks about machine struck coins. That one reminds me of the one you found.

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#tao kuang