Got out in between down pours last week and just too darn wet to do much! Went to a house that belonged to my Granny Gross for years and found very little. The one that stuck out was a Chinese coin and what I find out about it it seems quite old. The other was a wheat so eroded away I can barely make out the 1910 date!
Last edited by Otis Campbell; 05-19-2014 at 08:38 AM. Reason: spelling
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Hey, at least you didn't get skunked! Some of those Chinese coins date back to the 1700's. When and how did you find a gold coin!? I would love to hear that story. HH, Dave.
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Nice finds. The only foreign coins I ever find are Canadian.
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I think that Chinese coin is a very interesting find! I hope you are able to find out how old it is.
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A coin out of the ordinary!
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Congrats for the finds. Safe & HH
Otis here is a link to help you decipher the writings on these coin to figure out the date .
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid3.htm
congrats on the find
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Cool. For the longest while my oldest coin was a Chinese coin like yours.
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