3 old Chinese coins [resuelto]

Hi, again,
I re-scanned 2 or them and found the last one hiding from me. Is there a way to tell a sub type, like 1.1, 1,2, etc?
Paul

P.S., I can't seem to get the scans to upload. Is there another way?
Paul

Too heavy scans?

The small one with a round irregular hole sounds fake to me.

Cita: "chomp-master"​The small one with a round irregular hole sounds fake to me.

​original coin...guangxu machine-struck..rv: boo guwang

Cita: "chomp-master"​The small one with a round irregular hole sounds fake to me.

​that is a real coin.. It is a tiny coin but far more expensive then normal-sized one

Really?

Any idea what they are and how I can tell sub-types apart?
Paul

Hi, indeed it is very very difficult to distinguish every sub-types of a Chinese cast coins. I believe this can be done only by very experienced collectors specialized in cast coins.

Base on my experience, variants (of coins with same emperor and mint) can be majorly subdivided base on following:

- coin size
- rim size
- existance of "mintmarks" (they are just decorations, not to distinguish mints; e.g. dots, crescents etc.)
- position of "mintmark"
- size of the chinese characters
- small difference on independent chinese characters

And obviously that's why it is hard to identify variants, but in contrast, it is the "fun part" of collecting cast coins.

Ok, forget the sub-type, can you help me with the KM numbers? My catalogs only go to the 1800's,
Thanks again,
Paul

Qianlong tongbao - Boo-chiowan
Qianlong Emperor (1736- 1795) (also known as Gaozong)
Type B: 乙 radical in 乾, マ radical in 通
might be: East branch: Radical 貝 in 寶 has 6 strokes

Emperor Xuan Zong - AD 1821-1850
(Reign title: Daoguang)
"BOO CIOWAN" (Board of Revenue mint). The Manchu mint name translates to Pao-Ch'uan, or "The Fountain head of the Currency".

Type A2 : Guang large, the radical of tong with a straight botton line
(1821-1823)
West branch: Closed head Boo, one dot tong
DH# 22.576
FD# 2384

You should add this coin in the Numisate catalog

Cita: "eazy.dog"​

Cita: "chomp-master"​The small one with a round irregular hole sounds fake to me.

​​original coin...guangxu machine-struck..rv: boo guwang

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DH# 1336
Guangzhou, Guangdong
Nominal weight 3.2 fen
1906-1908

Not yet in the Numista catalog ...

CitaNot yet in the Numista catalog ...

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22475.html

I stopped on the way when looking for guangxu

Hey everyone, you have all helped me so much, I really appreciate it. I will add this coin to the catalog as well. I added a few in the past and I feel good because I feel like I am helping the community. Thank you again,
Paul