Found some info on the coin I found...

[rentasquid]

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I found that while the characters on the back look similar, they are not always as similar as we westerners might think. The markings on the back refer to the Emperor at the time of minting, and a unit marking. The person that explained this to me, and translated the coin said it would say "treasure dollar" The Emperor on the coin was Ch'ing-Lung whose given name was Hung-Li. He was the 4th emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty. So, all this means that the coin was minted sometime during the mid to late 1700's! That makes me happy!
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The "cursive" markings on the front refer to an area of a province in China.

J.

ps. This was interpreted by my sons chinese swim coach, whom many of you might remember was persecuting my son earlier this year. God does answer prayers!!!

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

that you can date these with. They are from dynastys. Great find!

 

[VT Dave]

n/t

 

[rentasquid]

I kind of did that, but went about it backwards. I got the name(interpretation of the characters)then found the dynasty, and then the ruler within the dynasty. Thats how I got the date...by the name of the emperor on the coin.

j.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I think they are neat coins!

 

[rentasquid]

BTW, that was a pretty awesome cache that you found the other day. And that was some sharp eyes that caught the whole coin purse thingy!!!

J.

 

[steve in so la]

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

to talk so all the hill billies can understand me. You know a wabsite is on the world wide wab!

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Actually I kept the rusty items that came from the hole, not knowing it was a coin purse. Then folks started saying they looked like pieces to a coin purse, so I lined them up and sure enough!!!

 

[warthog]

all right now!!Dont be pickin on us Michiganders for the wae we spell-after all we DID attend skool,and,we got WORLD CLASS teecherz!!!