just received these 4 Chinese coins in a small collection I bought.

YQQ

these 4 coins were part of the small collection of Canadian and Austrian coins. ( exactly 116 coins in old Album. Mostly Canadian.
Unfortunately I do not read or speak Chinese.
Can someone please help and tell me what they are?
collection also contained a beautiful 1917 US Quarter and a 1883 Hawaii 50 cent piece and a 1872 British Florin and a 1876 India Rupee (holed).
these were nice surprises, but neither fits in to my collection, so they will be sold. If anyone is interested, please PM.

I tried to find the "see province".. but nothing I could fine on the bay.
Thank you everyone .

laurentyvan

"A" is a cash coin, probably mid to late 19th C. Unable to find the mint mark in my Krause.

Will check the others when i have more time.

windwhispersintrees

for coin A, see info at http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chien lung

Sapyx

A: Empire, Qian Long (Ch'ien Lung) cast cash, as others have stated. Although these coins do not carry dates and the emperor reigned for a long time, the specific style of calligraphy can date this coin roughly to the period 1782-1795. The privy marks indicate it was cast at the South Branch of the Revenue mint.

B: Empire, Kwangtung Province machine-struck small 1 cash, KM/Y# 191, undated but struck 1906-1908.

C: Empire. It's not "See Province", it's "Kiang-see Province". Spelled "Kiangsi" in the Krause catalogue, and "Jiangxi" on modern maps and Wikipedia. The coin does not bear a date but was struck sometime around 1902. At this stage, there were 1000 cash toa silver fdollar, or 10 cash to a cent. Chinese 10-cash coins come in a bewildering array of varieties and subvarieties; this particular variety is listed as KM/Y 153.3.

Republic, General issues (non-specified province or mint). KM/Y 306.1.

laurentyvan

I'm sorry I guessed as I was so frippin' wrong...never went back far enough.

YQQ

Thank you all for your help. This is most interesting considering these came as part of a simple , mainly Canadian Collection.
thank you.

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>A: Empire, Qian Long (Ch'ien Lung) cast cash, as others have stated. Although these coins do not carry dates and the emperor reigned for a long time, . >>



what a post!

cant wait til my comfort with asian-type is this extensive.
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Sapyx

<< <i>This is most interesting considering these came as part of a simple , mainly Canadian Collection. >>


They are all fairly cheap and readily available in the condition here. Plus, the Qian Long cash coin could very well be a "local" piece in terms of being found locally. Chinese gold miners went all over the world in the 19th century, wherever the next big gold rush was happening, and they took old cash coins just like this one with them wherever they went. You can find Qian Long cash coins on the goldfields of California and in the mining ghost towns of outback Australia; no doubt they can be found up in BC as well.