Chinese Coin with round circle in middle

Hello - I am a new coin collector and was hoping to learn more about a coin I have. According to Coinoscope - it is "China dynastic Empire 1 (Xuantong)". It looks fairly new but I can't seem to find any info online about it.

I appreciate any help as I learn ( :

 

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38680.html

 

Welcome to Coin Talk.
Not too well versed on Asian coinage.
There are many members here that are though.
Maybe this site will help with identification of your coin.
https://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm

 

And here is the dateconverter tool by uCoin. I have used it for many years! One site for all dates, really. I use it for Thai

 

That is a good one.
As far as I can tell though, this coin is only a 1 year issue. At least that's all I could find.

 

Hmmm maybe that's why I can't find much about it.

 

That date converter is great. Am bookmarking it to help with Ids in the future.

 

Thank you! I did check this earlier and cannot find the coin.

 

This seems to be the best info so far! 1909? I'm so excited. There is no information about value - does that mean it's just a really cool artifact to have?

 

With 91 million minted, I would say its value is nominal. Just an interesting piece of history.

 

Thank you All!!

 

Welcome to CT. It's good that you got the answer you needed. Good luck

 

Holes in Chinese coins have a long history. As far back as 995 AD coins were strung on string to make them easier to carry. Since the value of the coin was based on the value of the metal, and the metal was bronze, it took a lot of coins to buy stuff. A thousand coins weighed more than seven pounds. It got worse when some parts of China made coins from iron.

The preceding information came from the book "Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing" which I managed to get as an ebook from Amazon. Very good read.

 

Cool, there's an app!!!