New Members fireball Posted March 20, 2020 at 03:07 PM New Members Report Posted March 20, 2020 at 03:07 PM I'm looking to positively ID the mint where this coin was made, I do not speak any Chinese so I am fully dependent on the internet to get me by. I've Identified the obverse as "jia qing tong bao", just looking for what the back says, which I'm fairly certain the character on the right is in Manchurian. Quote
889 Posted March 20, 2020 at 08:11 PM Report Posted March 20, 2020 at 08:11 PM It looks like a very common Jiaqing cash coin. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13110.html Jiaqing was a Chinese emperor in the Qing dynasty. The Manchu people ruled China in the Qing dynasty, and Qing coinage had Manchu mint marks to reflect the rulers' heritage. I certainly can't read Manchu, but if this page is correct, your mark refers to the Jin (晉) Mint in Taiyuan. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/554716879079652358/ Quote
New Members fireball Posted March 20, 2020 at 08:16 PM Author New Members Report Posted March 20, 2020 at 08:16 PM Yeah there were several different mints, the coin you sent me matches the obverse but not the reverse. I'll have to poke around there and see if they have this one though... Quote
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