Need Help - are these coins Japanese? Chinese?

raiderborg

Hello - if anyone knows where these coins are from, and/or if they
have any kind of value, etc, I would appreciate hearing about it.
They are part of some world coins I have and know nothing about.......

Thanks (in advance) for any responses.

Lovin' the coin forums.

mrpotatoheadd

First one's China, second is Japan. I don't have my catalog, so I can't look up values.

coinmickey

The first one is Chinese, the second one (the "sen") is Japanese.

There are other more board members in this area of coinage who can help you on the specifics (dates, etc.). Never seen that Chinese coin before so I will be interested to know what it is.

shirohniichan

The second one is a Meiji 31 (1899) 5 sen.

sumnom

Coin 1: China, five cents (7.2 candreens), minted 1890-1905. This one was minted in Guangdong (Kwangtung) Province. Y 199 (First image is upside down)
Coin 2: Japan, five sen, 1898. (Shiroh, I think you forgot to subtract 1)

satootoko

The 1898 5 sen (Y#21) is cu-ni, mintage 18,197,000, valued at $12-25 (VF-XF) in the 2001 3rd Ed. 19th Century Krause.

According to Krause (2008 35th Ed., p. 394) 7.2 candareens is equivalent to 10 cents, not 5, so I believe that the piece shown is an Imperial undated 2.7g, .82 fine silver coin minted from 1890-1908 in Kwangtung Province.

It is almost certainly Y#200, valued at $4.50-7 (VF-XF) in the 35th Ed.; but there is a (very) slim chance that it is Y#195.1, an undated 1889 issue worth $2,000 or more. Some one more expert than I, with a more specialized reference than Krause, would have to be consulted to determine how to tell them apart.

Edited to correct typos.

sumnom

Thank you, Satootoko. You are indeed correct! Interestingly, my Krause does not list the ten cent piece.