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Is this a Chinese milled cash coin?

GMMgirlGMMgirl Posts: 2
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I'm new to this (coins AND forums). My research so far indicates that this may be a Chinese milled cash coin from the Qing Dynasty - Kuang Hsu T'ung Pao, with Manchu mintmarks - Boo Gung Kungchang Kansu. It's thin, brass in color, and the diameter of a U.S. quarter. If this info is correct, it is probably a common old coin. Any comments, ideas or opinions?

(Please let me know if my photos don't attached properly and I'll retry)
Pat P.

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  • goldrush00013goldrush00013 Posts: 2,478 ✭
    I personally have no clue,but it sounds like you've done your homework on it.

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  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    It is from the Guangdong mint not the Kansu mint.
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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    It's Y-190 under Kwangtung in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Over 1.059 billion were struck 1890-1908. Catalogs from .10 in F to $2 in Unc. I just got an extra in VF if anyone's interested.
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  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    I would be interesting in one in UNC
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Yes, Guangdong it is, and pretty common to boot. I rather like them though.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes- you're right- some of those later ones were milled rather than cast.

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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would be interesting in one in UNC >>



    I might have one or more of them. I bought a nice hoard of cash coins about five years ago and stuck them all in a bag and forgot them. Most were from Guangdong. I sent the rarest one to NGC awhile back and it came back MS61.
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    I would be interested in those coins Newsman.
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  • GMMgirlGMMgirl Posts: 2
    It was so happy to get yours and the other responses. But now, what's UNC and VF?

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  • hamiltonjhhamiltonjh Posts: 1,140
    welcome image

    UNC means Uncirculated
    VF means Very Fine

    coin condition abreviations. Coins grade from 01 to 70. 01 being the worst (or 00?) and 70 being a perfect coin.
    P = Poor
    F = Fine
    VF = Very Fine
    AU = About Uncirculated
    BU = Brilliant Uncirc
    MS = Mint State (kind of the same as BU)
    PF = proof...or is it PR....image
    PL = Proof Like
    DM = Deep mirror (talking about the coin field...the blank area with nothing on it)

    I probably missed some....but thats the common abreviations.
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
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