-
Please join our new sister site dedicated to discussion of gold, silver, platinum, copper and palladium bar, coin, jewelry collecting/investing/storing/selling/buying. It would be greatly appreciated if you joined and help add a few new topics for new people to engage in.
Bullion.Forum
What is this ?
- Thread starter Goldfreak
- Start date
Help Support Prospecting Australia:
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2015
- Messages
- 7,758
- Reaction score
- 12,863
Some type of Dragon Flower-shaped Chinese coin.
Which one or age I don't know.
It's not any I've found searching as yet.
Which one or age I don't know.
It's not any I've found searching as yet.
Sorry I should have put some sort of size reference in the picture. Its about 6 inches across.
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2015
- Messages
- 7,758
- Reaction score
- 12,863
Some type of plaque?
Pity it wasn't a 5 petal carved ceramic one:
https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-finely-carved-zitan-cinquefoil-dragon-plaque-5719908/?
Looks very similar to the ones at the Chinese restaurants.
W
I have learnt not to get my hopes up too much in life. Might just say something like fried rice on tuesday for all I know. Anyone know traditional chinese here ?
Goldfreak, I found this broken piece off something similar.
Looks like an alloy of brass / lead or tin. Not sure if it would have been petal shaped or round, but similar size to your intact one.
Mine came from a site in Adelaide that has produced some 1800’s relics.
Interested to see if you can ID your nice find.
Looks like an alloy of brass / lead or tin. Not sure if it would have been petal shaped or round, but similar size to your intact one.
Mine came from a site in Adelaide that has produced some 1800’s relics.
Interested to see if you can ID your nice find.
Great spotting OzzieAu. It certainly does look like mine and I said 6 inches but its actually 4 so is a similar size. I exaggerated lol. Will post the reverse side. Looks like a lid. Tea ? Hope its not a burial urn. Many Chinese traveled all the way from Port Adelaide to Victoria. Not just Robe. 
dont know what this character means. The other one might be blessing or heart.
dont know what this character means. The other one might be blessing or heart.
Last edited:
Yep, I reckon mine is part of a lid of some sort as it has that lip on the reverse side like yours. If a lid then it's contents must have been special...
I did some more sleuthing. The style of the dragon appears to closely resemble these old pre ww2 antique not Chinese but Japanese metal cases in a cherry blossom shape. The symbols on mine also match whats in the round one. Still dont know what they say though. 
Last edited:
