Those are the other two links from the topic. All three look alike so I can not see the difference in them. Maybe yours is one of those three, or something similar, just that yours is in better condition.
Or a copy like you suggest.
Kenneth, you're the specialist, but the coin in the link is still a little different. Or is it wear ? Or are minor variations normal ?
On the side with the 2 symbols, the curly one (left)has a little line going up, on top, where mine doesn't. I hope you see what I mean.
Tony
The way Cash coins are made are not machine-struck. Varieties are very common- so common that there's too many. What they do is that they have a mould where the same design is engraved by hand several times. Then cast bronze is poured into the mould. This means that not every cash coin is the same.
It's Boo-yuwan for sure. It's the character on the right you should be worried about, not the "mint" character.
Kenny
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It is correct about varieties, so they would not always look like the pictures on the pages here. Also that link says they were 21mm to 27mm in diameter, and also cast brass or copper. All for just one coin.
Don't think that varieties in Chinese coins are important, unless you're looking at machine-struck coins from the 1900's. Then it's very important.
Cash coins, especially from the Chien-lung era are very cheap. Chien-lung made more cash coins than the other eras, so it's very common to see this coin. If you have one with Hsien-feng though, it would be worth much more. Since there were so many cash coins circulating in his era, there was no need to produce more.
I usually pay no more than a quarter for cash coins; however, I don't come across them that often except on eBay auctions.
Kenny
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Cash coins don't go for much, unless you're talking about larger cash coins (4, 100, 300, 1000 Cash), all of which are rare and expensive, and can even go up into the thousand dollar range, like a 1000 Cash I have that's worth $2000.
When you buy large cash coins or ones from rare mints (Sinkiang), there's always a gain when you sell them because they're worth much more than what you buy them for. But if you're buying single cash coins from the Chia-ch'ing and Chien-lung dynasty from the common mints, it's better to not buy.
Kenny
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