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" HELP with COIN"

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moose

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I was able to hunt for a couple of hours today after work and to my surprise my wife showed up. As she was pulling up, I kept looking for the police cruiser/ officer that might be serving me papers. JK:punch:, just odd. She was very chipper and seemed to show some interest and was very conversational "even with my headphones on". This I believe in the office is considered " multi-tasking ".My Father-in law and I have covered pretty much every square foot of this park and I'm just finding the real estate the coil didn't cross or we weren't paying attention. Any way, I found what I think is a coin and believe is a coin, but I'm unable to recognize the writing. I would guess it to be an Asian coin of some sort. This coin or token was pulled from 7-7 1/2" and thought I was digging another coffin handle as it came in @ 17-42 to 17-44. This is the same park I return to when time doesn't offer much. In the early too late 1800's was a cemetery and now is a city park.
Just wondering if there is anyone out there that has seen this coin before or has spent one?:thumbup:

Was able to find 1906 indian, 1913 wheat, 1920 D wheat, 1936 wheat and no silver!!!:confused:

Thank you for looking and thank you for your input,
Moose
 
Nice finds Moose! Sorry can't help you with the foreign coin, but I do know the oriental coins have the square holes in the middle. I enjoyed your story. I'll bet your wife was glad to find you detecting and not being naughty!!:lmfao:

NebTrac
 
Chinese cash coin bro. Are you close to a rail road or mining town? even if not it is a fairly common Chinese coin and they came with quite a few during the railroad building era or mining town times.

The Chinese did allot more than we really hear about because they were considered an under class to be used for production and labor. not sure of the value. But fairly certian its a cash coin though it is hard to see in your pics.

good luck,
Utahshovelhead
 
Thank you Utah Shovel Head,
This park does sit within a block or two of a train station that no longer exist in its original location. I believe it was moved and was turned into a museum. This park also sits approx. 1/4 mile east of where there was a saw mill. This was a huge part of the communities income and was quite large as the river was used to float the logs to the saw mill throughout the early 1800's to early 1900's.

Thank you for your input,:thumbup:
Moose
 
It is a one cash Chinese. I find a lot of them around old mining camps in Idaho. Its is kind of hard to see the details on your coin but it looks like a Qing dynasty, Emperor Wen Tsung 1851-1861.
 
Thank you Scortch,

This is definitely the coin I found too a Tee. When I dug this I was positive it was an Indian as it was 7+ inches deep. On this hunt I still ended up with a 1906 Indian,3 wheat's " 1913-1936" and 43 cents in clad. Had an awesome time in this park we've been hunting for three years "hard".

Thanks again Scortch,
Moose
 
Try this link, I found a coin like that last year and this was sent to me by a forum member.
Chinese Coin ID
 
Scortch said:
It is a one cash Chinese. I find a lot of them around old mining camps in Idaho. Its is kind of hard to see the details on your coin but it looks like a Qing dynasty, Emperor Wen Tsung 1851-1861.
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Yes, it is the same coin and the inscription is qian long tong bao.

However, this coin was actually cast during the reign of Emperor Gao Zong (1736-1795) of the Qing Dynasty.

A similar coin may be seen here.

Gary
 
Great site Gary, you are absolutely right. I have a small book by Dr. Margret Schroeder that I have been using for identifications. It is not nearly as in depth as your web site. Looks like I am going spend some time re-labeling a few coins.

Thanks a ton Gary!
 
welldone manymore and scortch for your fine id on this coin you must have some great books available its great to find these things but oh so wonderful to find out more about them
 
I agree with Sugar,
Thanks to all that have read and responded to my cry for help. Scortch and PBR, AWESOME!!!!!! and thank you :cheers: Here's to you both for the work you invested for me..

Very informative and thank you,
Moose
 
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