Chinese Cash Coin - It's about 240 yrs old, it's geniune, Am I rich?

My reason for posting is to make the point that old does not equal big bucks.
This is the only coin I own from China, save some modern fakes that don't have copy on them.

To us common folks, the cash coins all look very similar.
I still had some fun compiling this info. The coin has far less monetary value than the little bit of education I have acquired from others.

1775 to 1781
Chinese Emperor Qian Long
Cash Coin (cracked)



ND (1775-1781)
Hartill #22.221 Type F2; middle stroke protrudes from radical 用 in 通 (West branch)

Obverse
Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
　乾
寶　通
　隆

Translation:
Qian Long Tong Bao
Qianlong (Emperor) / Circulating currency

Reverse
Two Manchu words (read vertically) separated by the hole.

Script: Mongolian / Manchu
Lettering: ᠪᠣᠣ ᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ
Translation: Boo-chiowan

SAP supplied this info for me. Thank you!

"It's in the name of the Qian Long emperor (1735-1796), cast at the Board of Revenue mint.
Cash coins do not bear dates, so narrowing down the date any further than "sometime between 1735 and 1796" requires careful attention to detail, particularly the writing style. If my reading of my Hartill catalogue is correct, this type dates from roughly 1775-1781.
It also tells me that at the time, the Board of Revenue mint was divided into four "branches", and this coin comes from the West Branch.

Hartill reference number is 22.221. On the rarity scale which Hartill uses where 1 is extremely rare and 16 is extremely common, your coin is rated at 16, I'm sorry, so despite it's age, it's not going to be worth very much. A very typical "Chinese coins - $2 each " type of coin."


Qianlong Emperor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor

 

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Mama Cash likes these Cash coins too:

 

Rich in knowledge. That's what counts

 

Here is my "cash coin." Not quite as old, but at least it's in English. LOL

 

This might be the oldest coin I've got. I don't remember my early days that well . . . .

Z

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That used to be in Lord M's collection right? Nice coin.

 

Yup. Now it's taken up residence in The Zoid's Hoard of Misfit Exonumia.

Z