china 18th century coins

rmuniak

Any information would be helpful... do not know the exact years. the differences are very subtle.
the first is around 24 mm and 4.12 grams


the second is 25 mm and thin 2.72 grams


the third is around 23 mm and 4.04 grams

Kliao

Try posting in the world coin forum

https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum

rmuniak

I think this is the place. at the top of the page it says world and ancient coin forum doesn't it?

BillDugan1959

Originally appeared on the U.S. Forum, for sure, I saw it there! And it was irritating.

rmuniak

Sorry I irritated you

Kliao

@rmuniak said:
Sorry I irritated you

It’s not your fault it was the website messing up. All is forgiven

IVB

First coin
China 1 wen, Qian-long 1736-1795, Board of Revenue. Type B, issued in 1740-59.
Example

IVB

Second coin
China 1 wen, Guang Xu 1875-1908, Guangdong (Kwantung). Milled struck cash, issued in 1895-1899.
Example

IVB

Third coin
China 1 wen, Qian-long 1736-1795, Board of Works. Type F2 (top of boo is extended), issued in 1779-95.
Example

rmuniak

I am on Numista and it shows specific years. anyone out there who can differentiate what year each coin was issued
Here are the website pages for each coin.
number 1
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1133.html
number 2 has only 2 slight varieties
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6817.html
number 3 I know you give me Type f2 so what specific year is it
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19755.html

IVB

There are no specific years on these coins. There are issuing periods for each type of these coins, and I posted them after type description.

rmuniak

I see now. Thank you so much for your help. These coins are most confusing. Is there a primer for identifying them somewhere?

IVB

I use http://search.zeno.ru/
This is large database, moderated with experts of Oriental numismatics.

rmuniak

the third one photo does not match up with my coin. Would you please recheck it...the outer rim is narrower and the lettering is different on one side

IVB

@rmuniak said:
the third one photo does not match up with my coin.

Obverse. We see here Emperor's name Qian-long (top to bottom), and TongBao (right to left), which means currency.
Reverse. Lettering in Manchu script: Boo (ᠪᠣᠣ) in left and Yuwan (ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ), that means Board of Works mint, Beijing.
Things marked with red arrows are disctinctive type feature: top of boo is extended.

About the rim: This is a cast coin of low quality. It is difficult to find exactly the same coins even within the same type.

rmuniak

Thanks again. Got 2 and 3 mixes up, Sorry. Thanks for the explanation. Very interestng. There is a guy on Numista from Japan that has quite a few of themActually 108 different and over 500 to swap with