Need id for chinese 7.2 Candareens, Kiangnan

InfiniteZero

Can't seem to pinpoint this one. I only have the 1900-2000 Krause, so maybe it is before that, or maybe I am just not seeing straight. Either way, any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
gus

satootoko

A weight of 7.2 Candareen is described as 10 cents in the dollar system.

Besides being small, the pictures in my 2001 3rd Ed. 19th Century volume are pretty crappy and all varieties listed have similar designs, but luckily the absence of the character "nien" ("year") ties it down as Y#142, 2.6g of .820 silver (ASW .0686g), issued in 1898. VF was $25 in that edition.

Including three other varieties with the equivalent Cyclical Date, the 1898 mintage was 8-million. Two varieties in 1899 and on in 1890, all with Cyclical Dates accounted for more than 16-million more similar coins.

InfiniteZero

Thank you sir,
gus

sumnom

The year is 1900 (Y# 142a.4). The cyclical date on your coin is well worn but still readable. The mintage was 5,460,000.

Krause says the values runs from $2.50 in F to $35.00 in UNC.

Satootoko, what do you mean by the absence of the character "nien?" I don't think any of them have this character, do they?

satootoko

<< <i>what do you mean by the absence of the character "nien?" I don't think any of them have this character, do they? >>

The pictures in my Krause are too dark and indistinct for my old eyes to tell. I was relying on a dating example at the beginning of the 19th Century China section, which I carelessly misread as an example of Cyclical Dating.

sumnom

Ah, I see. If you look in the upper left hand corner of p. 223 of the the second edition of the 19th century Krause, you'll see a better image of the cyclical date in question on Y#145a.4. Not the same coin but it does have the same date.