✅ SOLVED Please help identify this coin

[peggyann]

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[peggyann]

 

[bfloyd4445]

[AView attachment 1172241View attachment 1172241View attachment 1172241TTACH=CONFIG]1172241[/ATTACH]

very similiar to bus tokens my mom used to have back in the fifties

 

[peggyann]

Someone said maybe Chinese or Korean cash coin? But how would I identity which?

 

[jeff of pa]

Chinese Cash/cache/Cast Coin

excerpt from link inluded here:
There are to many combinations of mint marks, demonminations, sizes, etc, to even begin to include them all on this site, so they have only provided the selection to show how the denominations are indicated via the top and bottom character on the reverse. THIS SECTION IS JUST BEING BUILT SO NOT ALL OF THE DENOMINATIONS ARE YET SHOWN. Extensive listings of this series can be round in the Krause Standard Catalogue of World Coins (19th century Volume) or CAST CHINESE COINS by David Hartill.



Local imitations of Hsien-Feng

Throughout the Chinese series there are found local imitations of Chinese coins. In some cases these coins are simply counterfeits meant to be spent alongside the official government issues. In other cases these are local coinages from other parts of southeast Asia (i.e. Sumatra) which copy Chinese issues, but were not meant to fool anyone. Unfortunately it is often difficult to tell which type one is dealing with.

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#images of titles

 

[bfloyd4445]

Someone said maybe Chinese or Korean cash coin? But how would I identity which?

copy the symbols written on them and ask a Korean or Chinese if they can read them. From the image its hard to tell what they are and maybe just bus tokens.

 

[galenrog]

Double post is not cool. Moderators, could you combine the responses to both threads?

 

[david680]

They are not bus tokens, its a cash coin, more than likely Chinese. Jeff's link is a good starting point for further ID.

 

[Mackaydon]

Can you post a pic of the reverse side?
Don...

 

[slider66]

I think it is Chinese too!

 

[peggyann]

Sorry didn't mean to double post...just getting started at this. The backside has nothing on it.I thought it should have something on the back as well. I really don't think it is a bus token as we don't have buses here. Dont think we ever did....But have found a mercury dime , a 1944 1/2 dollar,and several shotgun shell brass from the 1880s thru 1908 all in the same vacenity.thank you all for your help with this.I will check out that site now.

 

[jeff of pa]

not all cash coins have symbols on both sides .

 

[sutphin]

I WAS JUST WONDERING HAS ANYBODY EVER TRIED TO PUT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE,CORNFUSSIAUS SAY CHINESE COIN,VANZUTPHEN

 

[Mackaydon]

[h=2]Emperor KAO TSUNG
AD 1736-1795[/h][h=3]reign title: CH'IEN-LUNG, AD 1736-1795[/h]

Don....

 

[kingskid1611]

Nice Finds!

 

[peggyann]

Thank you!! I think we have this solved.

 

[bfloyd4445]

[h=2]Emperor KAO TSUNG
AD 1736-1795[/h][h=3]reign title: CH'IEN-LUNG, AD 1736-1795[/h]

Don....

Great work! looks pretty close but there are differences. Would be nice if peggyann posted a larger pix of her coin so we can try and compare the writing better. Would be fantastic if it is an exact match

 

[bfloyd4445]

Thank you!! I think we have this solved.

Does the lettering match? We can't tell from your pix