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SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Junk bought a box of Notes and Coins plus a nice piece of ???

Any help on these would be appreciated.


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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    1. The big brass one is a charm/token, not a coin. I think it is used for fortune telling.
    2. The two tin-zinc coins with round holes are Japanese 10 sen coins, 1944.
    3. The silver coins in the upper and lower right are Chinese coins but you need to show the other side for the top one. They are early 20th century, assuming they are real. Can you provide larger images of them?
    4. The jade rabbit thing with the cord is not a coin.
    5. The cast coin to the left of the jade rabbit thing is a charm, not a coin.
    6. The 20-cent piece is Chinese, Kwangtung Province, minted from 1912 to 1924. I cannot read the date (which is on the side without the "20").
    7. The smallest aluminum-bronze coin with the round hole is a Japanese 5 sen piece, 1938.
    8. The two larger aluminum-bronze pieces with round holes below that are Japanese 10 sen pieces. The top one is 1939, the bottom one is 1940.
    9. The nickel coin in the lower left hand corner is a Japanese 10 sen, 1936.
    10. The cast piece below the really big brass one is also a charm, not a coin.
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1. The big brass one is a charm/token, not a coin. I think it is used for fortune telling.
    2. The two tin-zinc coins with round holes are Japanese 10 sen coins, 1944.
    3. The silver coins in the upper and lower right are Chinese coins but you need to show the other side for the top one. They are early 20th century, assuming they are real. Can you provide larger images of them?
    4. The jade rabbit thing with the cord is not a coin.
    5. The cast coin to the left of the jade rabbit thing is a charm, not a coin.
    6. The 20-cent piece is Chinese, minted from 1912 to 1924. I cannot read the date (which is on the side without the "20").
    7. The smallest aluminum-bronze coin with the round hole is a Japanese 5 sen piece, 1938.
    8. The two larger aluminum-bronze pieces with round holes below that are Japanese 10 sen pieces. The top one is 1939, the bottom one is 1940.
    9. The nickel coin in the lower left hand corner is a Japanese 10 sen, 1936.
    10. The cast piece below the really big brass one is also a charm, not a coin. >>



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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    The silver piece on the lower right is a 1908 50-cent piece, Yunnan Province, China. I am not convinced of its authenticity, however.
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back to the top coin

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    https://www.ebay.com/str/christyscoins
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The silver piece on the lower right is a 1908 50-cent piece, Yunnan Province, China. I am not convinced of its authenticity, however. >>



    No, I got this one wrong. It is a Yunnan 50-cent piece but the date is 1911-1915, 1920-1931, or 1949. It is Y#257. I am not sure which variety.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    OK, they are both Yunnan 50-cent pieces. I will see if I can settle on a variety.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    If you give me big images like that for the three Chinese silver pieces, obverse and reverse, I think I can nail them down.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Back to the top coin

    image >>



    I think this one is real, by the way.
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    https://www.ebay.com/str/christyscoins
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    OK, I do believe I've got them all!

    The 20-cent piece is dated 1920.

    The paler of the two 50-cent pieces is 1911-1915. I am not so sure this one is real but it probably is. The color doesn't quite look right to me.

    The darker of the two 50-cent pieces is 1920-1931.
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1. The big brass one is a charm/token, not a coin. I think it is used for fortune telling.
    2. The two tin-zinc coins with round holes are Japanese 10 sen coins, 1944.
    3. The silver coins in the upper and lower right are Chinese coins but you need to show the other side for the top one. They are early 20th century, assuming they are real. Can you provide larger images of them?
    4. The jade rabbit thing with the cord is not a coin.
    5. The cast coin to the left of the jade rabbit thing is a charm, not a coin.
    6. The 20-cent piece is Chinese, Kwangtung Province, minted from 1912 to 1924. I cannot read the date (which is on the side without the "20").
    7. The smallest aluminum-bronze coin with the round hole is a Japanese 5 sen piece, 1938.
    8. The two larger aluminum-bronze pieces with round holes below that are Japanese 10 sen pieces. The top one is 1939, the bottom one is 1940.
    9. The nickel coin in the lower left hand corner is a Japanese 10 sen, 1936.
    10. The cast piece below the really big brass one is also a charm, not a coin. >>




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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I just wish I knew more about charms. I really don't much about them at all.
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