E-Trac-Ohio
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I hunted a site where two old houses once stood years ago on the way home last night.
I've found some nice old coins at this location over the last few months - a 1920 Large Cent - Merc's - Buffalo's - Indian's and Wheat's.
I got a nice FE 10-12 - CO 45-46-47 hit that was down about 6 inches - thought it was another Large Cent or maybe a silver quarter but it turned out to be this 1906 Chinese coin !
This coin has a larger size hole drilled in it - (a larger sized hole then you usually see in older coins that were put on a string or wire to keep them hidden) - my guess is that it was probably on a chain and worn on a necklace. There's also a fracture on the one side that goes about half way through the coin - never seen that before !
I put the Lincoln Cent in the photo's for scale and I found the third photo posted here on the internet.
Here's a link to with info. about these types of coins >>> http://ykleungn.tripod.com/peiyang.htm
HH --- Mark
I've found some nice old coins at this location over the last few months - a 1920 Large Cent - Merc's - Buffalo's - Indian's and Wheat's.
I got a nice FE 10-12 - CO 45-46-47 hit that was down about 6 inches - thought it was another Large Cent or maybe a silver quarter but it turned out to be this 1906 Chinese coin !
This coin has a larger size hole drilled in it - (a larger sized hole then you usually see in older coins that were put on a string or wire to keep them hidden) - my guess is that it was probably on a chain and worn on a necklace. There's also a fracture on the one side that goes about half way through the coin - never seen that before !
I put the Lincoln Cent in the photo's for scale and I found the third photo posted here on the internet.
Here's a link to with info. about these types of coins >>> http://ykleungn.tripod.com/peiyang.htm
HH --- Mark
I update it after every hunt... I figure for my grandchildren... so they don't just pull out the stuff some day and ask were it came from...