🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Is this an old coin

[mjb Mike]

Found this in southern Maryland thought it was an old washer till I cleaned it is it an old Asian coin

 

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[Emil W]

Yes, it's a Chinese Cash coin. It looks like it's from the reign of emperor Hsuan Tsung but I don't have my reference material with me to check the marks so I could have the wrong emperor. If it is Husan Tsung, it's from 1821-1851.

 

[mjb Mike]

thanks looked at some of his coins very similar cant find exact match

 

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[mjb Mike]

thanks

 

[Yang Hao]

The coin is actually Japanese.
Kan'ei Tsūhō
(寛永通寳)
Here is the wiki about it

Kan'ei Tsūhō - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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[Emil W]

The coin is actually Japanese.
Kan'ei Tsūhō
(寛永通寳)
Here is the wiki about it

Kan'ei Tsūhō - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Well, that explains why the characters looked odd. Thanks for the correction.

 

[mjb Mike]

wow thank you for the info I saw this one on line looked very similar now i no why

 

[mjb Mike]

Think I found it it’s the top one on this list no back marks