Need ID help with some Chinese coins...

Blackhawk

...at least I think that they're coins from China. I guess that they could be charms or tokens also. Both are about 24mm in diameter and appear to be made of copper or bronze.

satootoko

Not sure what they are, but the choices are coin or temple token/charm, from China, Korea, Annam (now Vietnam) or Japan. I'm leaning toward Chinese charms.

The characters in the upper left photo look upside down to me.

Are the side-by-sides the same coin, or the over-unders?

Ricke

I think the one on the left is upside down, and the one on the right is right side up...

Blackhawk

The obverses, if you will, are in the top photo...the reverses in the bottom photo. I aligned the coins the way that they are because the character at the left appeared to me to be the same on both coins, but I could easily be wrong.

Ricke

I think the one on the left is Annam - I found a couple characters that match, but I can't match the other two.

you are correct, they are both right side up.

If you hit this link, about halfway down, you will find a couple that match the 6:00 character, and although your coin has a much different style of character, I am almost certain the 3:00 & 9:00 characters is supposed to be a match as well. I can't match the 12:00

linked

I think the one on the right is a charm, also.

The author of the page I linked also points out that the coin has the same legend of a rarer japanese coin from 1617.

satootoko

Thanks for the Annam link.

sumnom

Could the left hand coin be Toda 174?

Toda 174

Here is an excellent source for Annamese cash. Check out the on-line cash identifier in the upper left hand corner.

sumnom

The author of the page I linked also points out that the coin has the same legend of a rarer japanese coin from 1617.

But the coin Blackhawk posted does not have this legend.


Also, I would take the contents of the Roberts page on Asian coins with a few handfuls of salt. There are more than a few cases where he doesn't really know what he is talking about.

Blackhawk

My daughter pointed out to me that the two large "things" on the bottom right image coin are people and are upside down in the photo. I don't know if I believe her or not, but I guess that's as good of guess as any.