Sunbaker Chinese coin thats got us all stumped

tailormarc · Jul 13, 2019

Hey guys found this on the surface today in a really old area on the way to the goldfields. Im not gonna clean it up much more than this and this is enough to get some information from the only problem is we cant find any record on any other sites or catalogues . Hoping somebody who can help us . Many thanks!
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nucopia · Jul 13, 2019

Nice find TM

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Just be aware that many ancient Asian coins not just Chinese had square holes in them ..Japan Korea China Indonesia Vietnam etc

StoneTheCrows · Jul 13, 2019

that me be the elusive version of the Chinese holey dollar :goldnugget: :goldnugget:

Manpa · Jul 13, 2019

I just googled " Chinese coin or token square hole" literally hundreds to look at including tokens for Feng shui as well as currency.

Good luck coming up with a match.

Greenhornet_au · Jul 13, 2019

Definitely, Ming Dynasty....

you can tell because of the square hole in it.

Manpa · Jul 13, 2019

Try this
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=98998

tailormarc · Jul 13, 2019

Manpa said:
Try this
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=98998

Pretty similar Might post it up there too

tailormarc · Jul 13, 2019

StoneTheCrows said:
that me be the elusive version of the Chinese holey dollar :goldnugget: :goldnugget:

That would be so good!

silver · Jul 13, 2019

Knowing your luck...... this thing is gunna turn out to be 4,000 years old +

nice find.... thats fur sure !

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:Y:

Ded Driver · Jul 13, 2019

Nice one.

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ctxkid · Jul 14, 2019

your buyer should know..............

Ramjet · Jul 14, 2019

With a bit of a clean and a better pic I may be able to get a date.

tailormarc · Jul 14, 2019

Anyone know the safest way to try clean it a bit better? So far Ive used just warm water and tooth brush gently

tailormarc · Jul 14, 2019

Well just gave it another careful clean , searched all websites with no luck ?

Trash · Jul 14, 2019

It looks like a more modern coin that what you would find on the Goldfields

What is the diameter pls..?

tailormarc · Jul 14, 2019

Cheers mate,
Coin is 24mm across and the hole is 7mm

RM Outback · Jul 14, 2019

tailormarc said:
Cheers mate,
Coin is 24mm across and the hole is 7mm

24/7 :lol: nice find :Y:

tailormarc · Jul 14, 2019

Haha cheers mate !

silver · Jul 14, 2019

This may help

erfect:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=283592#p283592

silver · Jul 14, 2019

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