Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 This one appears to be an Ancient Greek judging by the soldiers helmet design Any help appreciated Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 The following are Chinese silver coins that were in a ziplock bag of Victorian and colonial silver from various world sites. In the same box were Japanese 1 and 2 sen coins from the 1870's plus Republic of China 10 and 20 cash copper coins I have bought a new guide to dating Eastern coins and am still wading through it - so feel free to date them if you want Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Kwang Tung province Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Kwang Tung province Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Let's see ... #146: There is a place called Aibling (now Bad Aibling, "Bad" meaning spa) in Bavaria, so I think the notgeld piece is from there. #149: That is a 1 lev coin from Bulgaria - the country name, in Cyrillic characters, is above the coat of arms. #150: Spielmarke means jeton, but I have no idea where it could have been used ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Japanese 1 Sen coins from 1870's The first one shows the square scales on the dragon referred to by Gxseries in another topic Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Japanese 1 Sen coins from 1870's This one shows the V shaped scales on the dragon referred to by Gxseries in another topic Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 nice dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Japanese 2 Sen coins from 1870's This one shows the V shaped scales on the dragon referred to by Gxseries in another topic I have used the contrast in Photoshop on these images to exaggerate the scales definition Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Chinese Cash coins from early 20th century - Republic of China and provinces The coin has obviously served its purpose well in circulation Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Chinese Cash coins from early 20th century - Republic of China and provinces I have used the brightness and contrast in Photoshop on these images to give a clearer definition of the characters and design - the coins have obviously served their purpose well in circulation This one is from Ho Nan Province and is a twenty cash Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Chinese Cash coins from early 20th century - Republic of China and provinces I have used the brightness and contrast in Photoshop on these images to give a clearer definition of the characters and design - the coins have obviously served their purpose well in circulation Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 There are a lot of Middle eastern silver coins amongst the various lots and I about to start identifying them - these are a few. This one is Egyptian I believe - small silver coin about the size of a cent Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 i like the #161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 I think this is Egyptian Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 This one I believe is Korean but I am finding Krause very unwieldy when I try to date it Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 The figure on the obverse looks as though it may be Turkish - it has been used as a pendant judging by the Mount still present Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesfil Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 This one has me absolutely stumped - I am speculating it may be a Japanese or Chinese Trade Token but that's a guess based on the lettering "Quality" and "Best" Obverse Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 This one has me absolutely stumped - I am speculating it may be a Japanese or Chinese Trade Token but that's a guess based on the lettering "Quality" and "Best" Obverse Reverse wow i dunno but its purdy!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 The following are Chinese silver coins that were in a ziplock bag of Victorian and colonial silver from various world sites.In the same box were Japanese 1 and 2 sen coins from the 1870's plus Republic of China 10 and 20 cash copper coins I have bought a new guide to dating Eastern coins and am still wading through it - so feel free to date them if you want Obverse Reverse 1905. The Kwangtung pieces are undated, and were issued roughly between 1890 and 1908. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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