Foreign Coin ID if poss please

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Foreign Coin ID if poss please

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This came up today on farmland using the Deus 1
Long shot I know but ID if poss. Looks like it has Arabic writing on it.
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Post by davidrjones230982 »

Think I narrowed it down a bit, Chinese/Asian cash coin...of what variety , haven't a clue [72/]
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Post by knotalot »

I can`t see enough of it to id i am afraid perhaps someone else can :-/ With coin in your hand you may get Dynasty by scrolling through this link https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/c ... f%20titles
Start at 1723 Boo mint
Good Luck :~#) [08/]
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Post by RuthB »

Hi
Interesting find.
I think this type is a close match to the detail that can be seen on your coin but as knotalot says, there’s a lot of detail that can’t be made out clearly so it’s very tentative.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19755.html

EDIT See knotalot's post below for a better suggestion [81/]
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Post by davidrjones230982 »

Thanks guys, [81/] Sooo many varities! :)@' deffo looks like that boo- yuwang one [81/]
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Post by knotalot »

Yep can`t see enough for a positive id :~#) if i had to guess i would go for (Board of Revenue mint in Bejing). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency"
While above mint may be correct this is even more of a guess
Emperor KAO TSUNG
AD 1736-1795
reign title: CH'IEN-LUNG, AD 1736-1795
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Post by Atral »

As others have said this is a Chinese coin from the Qing Dynasty. One side is in Manchu and the other is in traditional Chinese. As another commenter said the manchu on the reverse is a mint mark for Board of Revenue Beijing.

The obverse is read top and bottom first followed by left and right to say 乾隆通寳 (Qianlong Tongbao). Qianglong is the name of the emperor (1736-95) and Tongbao means money.

The denominations weren't written on the coins, but it seems like coins from the Beijing mint during this period were all in denominations of 1.

Interesting find, well done!
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