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Identifying issue on coin/token

electroman1974

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Metal Detecting
Found this coin/token in my yard in southern wv..
Figured coal script but not so sure... maybe foriegn
Any help or ?'s would be appreciated!
 

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Just like Charlie said, it's a Chinese coin.
 
It could be from an I-Ching devination set.
 
Definitely a Chinese coin; always a welcome find! :icon_thumleft:
 
FAN-TAN.webp


from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting a fan-tan parlor in New York, a raid by the police, and cards and coins used in fan-tan, in December 1887

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I had to turn my phone sideways again to look at the coin :) Well this is a guess because that coin is in very rough shape. After looking at many coin examples I’m guessing it’s a 乾隆通寶 Qiánlóng coin. My guess is based on what looks like the last stroke in the character qian 乾,乙. Also the (B)⻖looking radical in 隆 (long) looks visible. Judging by the hole beside the clearest character (bao)寶,it might have been on a string or part of a chime.
 

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