Chinese Coins

[Jim D]

I went medal detecting Tuesday evening late hoping to find some silver
but it didn't happen. may have been the last hunt of the year seeing
that we have freezing cold temps coming and several inches of snow.
I found a couple of what is called Chinese cash coins. One of them was very
thin and bent just a little and I could just barely make some detail on it.
As you can see I snapped it into trying to straighten it. HH

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool finds !
There's a few web sites you can find with a Google search that will help you date these coins.

 

[nge]

Next time you try to straighten anything made of copper or brass, put the items in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes. Remove from water with tongs, very quickly before they cool and see if they are soft enough to straighten.......nge