ID help on Japanese cash coin please
laurentyvan
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Either this coin is suspicious and/or on a very poor quality flan. De-lamination doesn't help the ID, which, albeit using the excellent reference at Calgary Coins and Krause, I can't make anyway.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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I believe its a Japanese cash coin. Kuan Yong Tong Bao is the pinyin translation . the back character means cash. so probably 1 cash. The year is around 1622. A lot of these have been unearthed in China, as China used to be property of Japan. No clue on authenticity cast coins are out of my comfort zone.
Thanks for correcting my oversight-title edited.
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
I have help translating or I would have no clue either. It helps when you live in Hong Kong.
I think that this may be it.
Agree/disagree?
Copper alloy
Bun
Kamedo, shouji mon (1668)
25mm wide x 1mm thick
Where else can you go to find 250 to 2000+ year-old coins that are essentially valueless (monetarily-speaking).
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
it sure looks like a match. would have a lot more values if graves and other places weren't being dug up all the time.
When was China the property of Japan?