Please help identify this coin

[Zebo]

Please help identify this coin

[michael]

Chinese cash coin struck at the boo mint in Peking china (coin is turned sideways)

 

 

 

present day Beijing

 

 

[michael]

the best information I can give without doing more research

 

beautiful historical coin by the way (thumbs u

[Zebo]

Thanks - that gives me a place to start.

 

 

 

 

Emperor KAO TSUNG

AD 1736-1795

 

reign title: CH'IEN-LUNG, AD 1736-1795

 

 

 

CH'IEN-LUNG SHAN-LUNG

 

Ch'ien-lung is thought of as one of the most brilliant rulers in Chinese history. He was a patron of the arts, which reached a very high level during his reign. His is also one of the few Chinese emperors to abdicate the throne, which he did to honor K'ang Hsi (his father) by ending his reign just before it would have exceeded the length of K'ang Hsi's reign.

 

There are two basic series to the coins of Ch'ien-lung. The primary series has the regular Ch'ien-lung inscription, produced at many mints throughout his reign. The second type is referred to as the Shan-lung commemorative issue, with two upright strokes added to the bottom of the character "Lung", and is thought to have been issued during the period from his abdication in 1795 to his death in 1799.

 

PRIMARY SERIES

 

S-1464, "BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint in Bejing). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency".

[Conder101]

Peking had two mints Board of Revenue (Clowan) and Board of Public Works (Yuwan) This is the Board of Revenue (Boo-Clowan) Boo (the curly symbol that should be on the left) isn't really a mint name its means more along the lines of "coined in or by" so Boo-Clowan would mean "Coined by the Board of Revenue"

 

This coin was struck for the Emperor Kao Tsung 1736 - 1795 Looks like KM 387.1

[Zebo]

Are there any good web-sites or reference books you'd recommend in order to research this coin further? I know nothing about Chiense coins.

[michael]

why yes there is I am happy you asked!

 

I have used this site (calgarycoin) and myself I have found it really useful and much better than outdated identification books with poor photos and little information produced decades ago

 

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm

 

and another excellent one! as below

 

 

http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#eastern_han

 

and finally a third as below

 

 

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/roberts/coins/Chinesecoins.html

 

[Zebo]

Great - thank you. I'm already learning a lot!