Old Chinese coin 1662-1723

[candiceg]

Hi I’m new to this group and to this hobby..a few weeks back I found this coin in Sofala nsw, would this of been dropped during the gold rush period? It would of been 130 years old when/if accidently dropped in 1850..can anyone shed some light? I’ve done my best to google

 

[candiceg]

Oh I found this bullet in the same area too if anyone knows anything about guns would love to know the year/make of ammo

 

[axtyr]

If the coin is identical to what you googled then you have probably as much information as you will get. Chinese "coins" vary a lot. There are a lot of so called coins that were cast as good luck charms after arrival here. I don't know how you identify them but I might assume that they only have writing on one side. I am only assuming this and could be completely wrong.

As for the cartridge, it is what is stamped on the bottom, a 9mm Luger cartridge. It would have been dropped after WW2 most likely. Maybe even by Adolph Hitler himself or one of his cronies that left Germany to escape to Argentina or Brazil. Widely available and probably not worth anything other than a goldfield memento. So what do you do with it? DO NOT FIRE IT. See if the police will take it and dispose of it.

Regards Axtyr.

 

[candiceg]

If the coin is identical to what you googled then you have probably as much information as you will get. Chinese "coins" vary a lot. There are a lot of so called coins that were cast as good luck charms after arrival here. I don't know how you identify them but I might assume that they only have writing on one side. I am only assuming this and could be completely wrong.

As for the cartridge, it is what is stamped on the bottom, a 9mm Luger cartridge. It would have been dropped after WW2 most likely. Maybe even by Adolph Hitler himself or one of his cronies that left Germany to escape to Argentina or Brazil. Widely available and probably not worth anything other than a goldfield memento. So what do you do with it? DO NOT FIRE IT. See if the police will take it and dispose of it.

Regards Axtyr.

Thanks mate no gun so won’t be firing it..I thought the coin was crap until I realised it was inscribed on both sides. Probably still crap but I had to try check and a keepsake from Sofala

 

[dogcat]

the pic is not clear enough

 

[zippo]

This is the best site I have found for Chinese coins .
https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm

 

[dogcat]

康熙通宝。。。not worth much

 

[lazypat]

Oh I found this bullet in the same area too if anyone knows anything about guns would love to know the year/make of ammo

Most likely a police snider bullit from a henry martini