SMS Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 As most of you know, forum member Corina regularly places auctions up in the forums here at Coin People. The latest one had a couple of banknotes, early 20th century coins, and some unidentified Chinese 10 cash coin. Well, I got the package from the auction today and was mildly surprised with my mystery cash coin. It was a Hsien-feng 10 cash from the Yunnanfu Mint. It has some dinged up rims, but it quite easily identifiable. It is a nice specimen for being over 150 years old! According to Krause, this mint was responsible for casting 1, 10 and 50 cash denominations. This specimen would be the first of this denomination cast at this mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Nice to see this one again!* :-) With Hsien Feng (Xiangfeng in pinyin) cash coins, it's often much easier to find a multiple cash in good shape than a 1 cash in good shape - the majority of the 1 cash are quite poor in weight and quality. *I had several duplicates of these about 10-15 years ago that I sold on the BST forums here any years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted December 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 I have had over 500 cash coins in my collection. Due to unfortunate circumstances, I am down to literally a handful;. But, this is the first cash coin from a Yunnan province mint that I have ever had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 glad you like the coin SMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phucdiem Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Nice to see this one again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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