Could Someone Please Help Me Identify This Coin.

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Ca1dolphin New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 03:25 am Hello, I inherited this coin and was wondering if anyone could help me identify it. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16181 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 08:13 am Hello and welcome. Unfortunately, this is not actually a coin. While Chinese "cash" coins are of this same basic design - round, square hole, four Chinese characters in the compass points - this design with the four bars coming off at the angles was not used for coinage. What we have here is a "coin-like charm", a lucky amulet. If we can have a more close-up view of the characters we might be able to translate them, but it's usually along the lines of "long life, prosperity, many children" kind of thing. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Ca1dolphin New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 08:47 am Oh wow. Do these hold any value? I wonder how my grandmother acquired it and thought it was a dynasty coin & . She mainly collected uncirculated Morgan's, she has at least a hundred tubes or more she left me. I thought it was really weird to find this in her collection. I'll try to get better photos of the characters for you guys. Do you know if these were made of pure gold or gold leaf? I might list this one on ebay. Thanks again and again I'll try to get better photos for you. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 157664 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 10:30 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 32709 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 2:08 pm @ca1s, first welcome to CCF. Second, when you add a close-up picture of this coin, can you also please comment as to whether there is anything on the other side? If there are additional characters, then please add a picture of them too. Finally, this looks quite thin and it looks like there are three or four pierce marks in it. Could you please measure and post the weight? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16181 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 8:07 pm Are they valuable? Not usually. Some older charm types are, but telling the difference between an "old charm" and a more recent version is beyond my experience. It looks golden-coloured; if it's actually made of gold it would be valuable just on the gold content, but these charms are much more commonly made of brass. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1805 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 11:45 pm Something dubious or at least curious since the Qing Dynasty began in 1644. So Qing Dynasty 1600 AD doesn't seem right. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 6895 Posts	Posted 01/16/2025 9:53 pm Quote: I wonder how my grandmother acquired it and thought it was a dynasty coin Because there are lots of hucksters out there selling worthless junk to people who don;t do their homework and get duped. Good ol' fashioned American capitalism. Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1805 Posts	Posted 01/17/2025 1:32 pm I'd also like to see the characters with good clarity. It looks uniface and stamped very thin. Unlike any legit cash of the 1600's. Could help to get better replies. Report this Post to the Staff
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