So, my buddy, Jimmy, found this last week.
I have no idea. Please help...
So, my buddy, Jimmy, found this last week.
I have no idea. Please help...
I've traveled a long way, and many of the roads weren't paved.
I do believe that your buddy found a Chinese coin. I'm no expert, but I did find these look alikes on the internet.
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Thanks Mudder! thumbsup01
Looks like you nailed it.
We were puzzled this morning and I told him we could post it and someone would figure it out. He hasn't joined the forum yet, but this will probably convince him.
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I've traveled a long way, and many of the roads weren't paved.
Hey Lowjiber, Mudder is correct, that is diffenetlly a Chinese coin. I found one several months ago that looks very simular to this one. I went on Googgle and just typed in coins with square holes, and Chinese coins came right up. I went on a site, which a coin dealer had up in Canada and he verified the date of my coin between 1736-1795. You go looking on some site, and there are these Chinese coins with hundreds of combos of symbols on them, which all have a certain name. Once I located mine, I e-mailed the dealer just to confirm. Here is a pic of my coin, then the one I found on Google. The coin dealer told me that the one I found is only worth a couple of dollars, since they supposely made 6,000,000,000 of them. Oh well, pretty cool find. Tell Jimmy congrats....
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Just one more Beep!
Wow! I won't be able to keep him outta that place now. lol
Maybe I'll tell him we're going back on Wednesday and I'll sneak in there on Tuesday. >8)
I've traveled a long way, and many of the roads weren't paved.
Hey John, I found a couple of those during that Haunted House dig at the Boardwalk! Take care buddy!![]()
SeabeeRon on the beach in Santa Cruz,CA.
Hey Ron!
If you found them in the Haunted House dig, they might date back to the 1920's. You agree?
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At least that far back buddy!Originally Posted by Lowjiber link=topic=11628.msg125980#msg125980 date=1351162898
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SeabeeRon on the beach in Santa Cruz,CA.
Mine looked similar to your's and turned out to be from an 18th century dynasty. I forget.... but each character tells when, where the coin was made and how much it is worth.....you can check into it. |![]()
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We'll look into it...take it to the bank.Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew link=topic=11628.msg126171#msg126171 date=1351377773
He was/is sure excited, largely because that's the first really cool thing he's found.
Many thanks to everyone who chimed in on this one!
I've traveled a long way, and many of the roads weren't paved.
The only thing I Know about these coins is why they have a square hole. So the can string them together .
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Not to bump this thread, but I stumbled across a website that identifies Chinese coins of this type.
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference...m#yung%20cheng
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