Chinese cash coins

Hey guys,

I recently purchased a bunch of cash coins I am not really able to identify, since I know next to nothing about these. Can anyone help?

1. 3.93g; 25mm



2. 4.01g; 21.7mm



3. 3.7g; 21.5mm



4. 3.22g; 21.5mm



5. 3.7g; 21.5mm



6. 4.55g; 24mm

I'm no expert, but I can help you figure which way is up. They are all relatively new for Chinese cash coins, less than 400 years.

Once you put them right way up you'll see a couple are from the same emperor.
number 1, 5 and 6 seem to be Qian-long 1736-1795. Fairly common one I run into frequently.

https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=522

Fortunately, these can all be matched at the Calgary Chinese Coin identification site for Ching dynasty coins.

Number 2 is Hsuan Tsung (Tao Kuang), 1821-1850, Boo-chi mint.

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#tao%20kuang

Number 3 is Jen Tsung (Chai-Ching), 1796-1820, Yunnan mint

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chai%20ching

Rkwitmer is correct. 1, 4, 5, and 6 are all Kao Tsung (Ch'ien Lung)

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#chien%20lung

1 and 6 are the Ch'ien Lung variety, 1736-1795, 4 and 5 are the Shan Lung variety 1796-1799.

Цитата: "Seeker55"​4 and 5 are the Shan Lung variety 1796-1799.

​I don't believe they are, they are simply a later date of the standard variety, Shan Longs are actually determined by the bottom character, the Hartill catalog is a better determinant of these coins than calgarycoin which can be a bit simplistic at times.

Arusak is probably right about two of the Kao Tsung coins (numbers 4 and 5) not necessarily being the Shan-Long variety. I'm not an expert on Chinese coins, and just go by the shape of the top characters and what I read in the identification websites.

I had no idea there were so many varieties, fascinating really, although quite the challenge to try to accurately identify. Thank you very much, guys!