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cowseatmaize
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cool? what are they?
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Definitely Chinese, virtually worthless but neat to have. Perhaps some might be special, better check with a coin dealer who deals in foreign / non-USA items.
Found this.
MACHINE STRUCK CASH
During the Kuang-hsu period the first machine made cash coins of China were struck. They were struck in a very yellow brass, and tend to be very well made, but do not appear to have been too popular as they are normally seen with very little wear on them, showing they did not circulate widely. Most were made in the Kwangtung province, and were probably first struck in 1889.
Y-189, "Kuang T'ung" (Kwangtung mint money) at the sides. The character at the bottom means 1 cash, but I have not yet determined the meaning of the two characters at the top. This type is reported to have been struck only in 1889.
VF $1.50 XF $2.50
Y-190, "BOO Kuang" (Kwangtung mint) at the sides. This type was struck from 1890 to 1908.
VF $1.00 XF $2.00
MACHINE STRUCK CASH
During the Kuang-hsu period the first machine made cash coins of China were struck. They were struck in a very yellow brass, and tend to be very well made, but do not appear to have been too popular as they are normally seen with very little wear on them, showing they did not circulate widely. Most were made in the Kwangtung province, and were probably first struck in 1889.
Y-189, "Kuang T'ung" (Kwangtung mint money) at the sides. The character at the bottom means 1 cash, but I have not yet determined the meaning of the two characters at the top. This type is reported to have been struck only in 1889.
VF $1.50 XF $2.50
Y-190, "BOO Kuang" (Kwangtung mint) at the sides. This type was struck from 1890 to 1908.
VF $1.00 XF $2.00
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