Solved unknown coins:
As you can see the following coins are Chinese in origin but I cannot work out which part of China or which date, please if you know contact me.
item #1.1
These coins have been identified as 1 cash coins from China belonging to the Qing Dynasty.
Kang Xi Tong Bao Year 1662-1723.
Many thanks to my Chinese Malaysian friend Wong for solving this problem
and for supplying information about Chinese coin sites.
item #2
Problem solved by Chris (Cruzi), who seems to think that this coin is a
10 Cash coin from Kiangian Province but the year escapes him.
Many thanks to Chris for solving this mystery.
Qing Dynasty Kuang Xi Yuan Bao Year 1875-1908, this piece of problem
solving thanks to Wong once again.
Please can anybody tell me if this coin has been defaced or is it a pattern or some such thing, its a 1916 English Penny reverse but no obverse (Face), there is a small 1mm hole in the center of the coin and the face looks to have been machined.
item #3
Once again thanks to Chris who has solved this problem coin which has
had me guessing for quite a long time, unfortunately for me the coin has been
defaced by a lathe and is not a uniface coin, my loss.
Here is an English Coin or token I do not know which can you help me to Identify it.
item #4
Thanks to Chris we now know that this is a gambling token /chip, but the
exact casino is not known to him, has anybody got any idea which casino this
chip came from?
~(Item #M-2) This is not a coin, but a religious medallion of some kind it was
in an old box of nick knacks I purchased at a clearing sale, please can anybody
identify it?
It is a Roman Catholic Communion Medal.
Solved by Joe from New York, USA
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#C3) This coin has Britannia on one side and an elaborate design on the other,
there is a denomination of One Dollar and it is probably made of silver.
This is a Trade Dollar used in British Colonies.
Solved once again by Joe from New York, USA
Here are some more Mystery objects are they coins or tokens please let me know.
This is from Hawaii but is it a real Dollar or a
Dollar token?
Mystery solved by Lukas Veldmeijer, who tells me that this is a Dollar
struck for sale to tourists.
This is from a British trading company but what Denomination?
item #6 Mystery solved, this is a PICT from Mombassa, my thanks to Phillip York for solving this one.
A Grand Hotel token, but which Grand Hotel and what service is it for?
Here is a banknote of unknown origin, it maybe
from the Peoples Republic of China but what denomination.
Once again
thanks to Lukas Veldmeijer who solved this one also, it is a 1fen
(RMB note for local use) Banknote.
Here is another banknote from China (10 Fen), can
you tell me what year it is.
This Banknote is from China also and is a Foreign
Exchange Certificate to the value of 10fen, thanks again to Lukas Veldmeijer for
solving this one for me.
My learned Malaysian friend seems to think that tis is not a Foreign Exchange Certificate, but an obsolete banknote to the value of 1Fen year 1953, now replaced by a coin.
Thanks again Wong.
~(Item #T-1)Here we have a token of some kind with the value of 2 scruples stamped on it, can anybody identify this item please?
Solved, By Andy Redlon of the USA
this is a pharmaceutical measure of weight.
Apothecaries used specialized
weights and measures for the tiny amounts of material employed in medicine
formulations. Apothecary weights included the dram (or drachm), scruple, and
grain - representing, respectively, 1/8 troy ounce, 1/3 dram, and 1/20 scruple
(thus, a scruple was also 1/24 troy ounce, and a grain was 1/60 dram or 1/480
troy ounce).
So the coin shown is 2 scruples, therefore
1/12 of a troy oz. and ironically
it is not actually a coin.
Thanks Andy