Can anyone read the years of these 20 coins?

Mbruzzi1

Hello,
can someone please tell me what years these individual 20 coins come from?
Thank you very much

Mbruzzi

Sapyx

Wow, that's a lot of coins to handle all at once, but thanks for numbering them to avoid confusion.

Since you've asked a specific question about "years", you should know that Chinese cash coins like these don't have years or dates on them. They do have the reign-name of the emperor, which can be used to determine an approximate date-range. Minor calligraphy style differences can also be used to hone the date range down further within a given reign-period, but this is still somewhat conjectural.

So, let's get to your coins. Fortunately, there's lots of duplicates.

Coins 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 are all essentially the same date: the reign of the Qianlong emperor (reigned from 1735 to 1796). Coins 4, 7 and 12 have a particular shape of the "qian" character that was usually only used late in the reign (after 1774), the others are mostly in the earlier half. You haven't asked about mintmarks, which is more important for cash coin identification than "years".

Coin 2 is from the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor (1796-1820).

Coin 11 is from the reign of the Daoguang emperor (1820-1850), though the odd blurriness and porosity makes me think this one might actually be a cast fake.

Mbruzzi1

Thank you Sapyx