China, 1800-1900 AD., Qing dynasty, emperor Ren Zong, Guilin mint in Guangxi province, Charm or fake 1 Cash, cf. Zeno 2909.
China, Qing (Ch'ing) dynasty (1644 - 1911 AD.), emperor: Ren Zong (Jen Tsung) (1796-1820 AD.), reign title: Jia Quing (Chia Ch'ing) (1796-1820 AD.), Guilin (Kueilin) mint in Guangxi (Kuangsu) province, 1796-1820 AD., 19th century charm or fake,
Late Poem cash (ø 25 mm / 3,46 g), cast brass, square center hole, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), smoothed edge,
Obv.: 嘉 - 慶 - 通 - 寶 , "Jia - Quing - tong - bao", straight reading: top - down - right - left around square center hole, casting defect at lower right.
Rev.: "Gui" ("Kuei") in Manchu (left) and Chinese (r.) characters flanking square center hole.
http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=2909 ; cf. http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=54723 ; cf. Hartill 22.105 (emperor Sheng Zu, 1672-1722, obv. "Kang - Xi - tong - bao") ; cf. Schjöth 1439 (same) - cf. Hartill p. 320, no. 22.506 ("Boo" - "Gui" reverse, emperor Ren Zong, 1796-1820) ; cf. Schjöth 1509 (same) ; cf. FD 2354 (same) .
"Chinasmith" comment on http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=2909 : "It is a charm, probably made in the 19th century, part of a set of 20 such pieces. These sets, which exist for all the Ch'ing dynasty emperors, have the mint name in Chinese and the Manchu word "boo" on the back or they have the mint name in Manchu and Chinese on the back. The first type of coin was never made at the mint, the second type was only made for Shun Chih and K'ang Hsi. A set of 20 K'ang Hsi coins, each with a different mintmark, when strung together, were supposed to have magical power. People who sold amulets gathered these coins, and when they could no longer find them in circulation, they manufactured them. See Schjoth page 56. "
"Markteo" comment: "This is a modern fake. similar manufacturing style to coin # 11799, 4750, 9324, 8244 ."