CHINA, coins of the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 AD.
    Dynastic political development seems always to follow a pattern described by the 13th century writer Ibn Khaldun in his Muqaddimah.  Basically, they (the dynasties) start out charismatic and populist and end up effete in walled compounds with other people doing their work for them.  New powers arise in the boondocks and blow the old one away.  This pattern repeats monotonously in human history, quite visible and conscious in the Chinese context, where the rebels, until this last batch, always claimed to be bringing back the good old days.  The non-Chinese Manchus, whose state began in the 16th century, claimed that their invasion of China in the 17th was in support of the "legitimate" Ming claimant, they were just the muscle needed to restore law and order.  Things changed when they got their hands on the levers of power.
    By the way, Chinese "q" is pronounced "ch," thus "Qing" = "Ching."

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CHINA, Abkai Fulingga han jiha, 1616-27, 1 cash, S-1355, FD-2173, aVF $35.00 sold 5/28/2008
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CHINA, Tian Ming Tong Bao, 1616-27, 1 cash, S-1356, K229, FD-2172, 26mm, 7.5g, heavier Manchurian issue, F+ $150.00 sold 12/22/2009
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   The Manchu overlord Nurachi interfered in Chinese politics ostensibly in support of the "legitimate" Ming successor, but took the power for himself.  The coins above were for circulation in Manchuria and are 15% heavier than those below issued in China.  That one is his propaganda piece declaring his loyalty to the old dynasty he was shortly to betray.  Can you name 73 other occasions in which the protector of the ancien regime actually overthrew it?
 

CHINA, Tian Ming Tong Bao, 1616-27, 1 cash, H22.4, S-1356, K229, FD-2172, 1-dot Tong, 26mm, 7.5g, Manchurian issue, F $92.00 sold 10/19/2007
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CHINA, Abkai Fulingga han jiha, 1616-27, 1 cash, H22.2, K228, S-1355, 4.3g, 27mm, lighter China issue, F $35.00 sold
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CHINA, Tian Ming Tong Bao, 1616-27, S-1356, FD-2172, lighter Chinese issue, aVF $150.00 sold 6/17/2010
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277-212. CHINA, Shun Zhi Tong Bao, 1644-61,1 cash, H22.15, K273, Yi (#1) R, aF $45.00
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CHINA, Shun Zhi Tong Bao, 1644-61, 1 cash, H22.27, K254, S-1374, ND (1646), Jing R rev., Jingzhou garrison, Hubei, VG $125.00 sold
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277-225. CHINA, Shun Zhi Tong Bao, 1644-61,1 cash, H22.41, K264, S-1384, Yang top rev., aVF $70.00 sold
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CHINA, Kang Xi Tong Bao, 1662-1722, 1 cash, S-1435, K330, Hunan, Schjöth's Manchu is wrong, therefore so is KM's.  S-1435 & 1446 (K330 & 351) are varieties of same coin cast in different years, same value, higher than KM. F $33.00
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CHINA, Yong Zheng Tong Bao, 1723-35, 1 cash, H-22.176, S-nl, K-nl, FD-2294, Sichuan, tiny casting hole, VF $65.00 sold 6/17/2010
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CHINA, Qian Long Tong Bao, 1736-96, 1 cash, C22-1, K433, Shandong, bit of amuletic red paint, VF $25.00 sold
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This is the emperor who told the envoy of British king George III, who wanted trade relations, to go home, there was nothing the English made that the Chinese wanted.
 
 

CHINA, Qian Long Tong Bao, 1736-96, 1 cash, H22.336, K435, C25-1, FD-2326, ND (1740s), Taiwan, F $65.00 sold 11/26/2011
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277-241. CHINA, Qian Long Tong Bao, 1736-96, 1 cash, H22.336, K435, C25-1, Taiwan, VG $56.00 sold
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CHINA, Jia Qing Tong Bao, 1796-1820, 1 cash, H22.472, K447sv, ND (1803-15), Board of Revenue West mint, 27mm, 4.5g, small top Jia, open Bei, F $25.00 sold
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    A so-called "palace coin," if a bit small.  Extra large coins are known of several reigns, supposedly special use items, hence the term "palace," though their actual use in "the" palace is unconfirmed.
 
 
 
 
 

277-243. CHINA, Jia Qing Tong Bao, 1796-1820, 1 cash, H22.474, K441, C1-2.1, BoR, east branch, 28.5mm, 7.25g palace coin, aVF $75.00 sold 8/15/2009
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273-249. CHINA, Dao Guang Tong Bao, 1821-50, 1 cash, H22.584, C1-3.1, Board of Revenue West mint, 29mm palace coin, VG $35.00 sold 11/5/2008
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CHINA, Dao Guang Tong Bao, 1821-50, 1 cash, H22.624, C16-3.2, Jiangsu, 29mm, 6mm rims, bits of crust, VF $100.00 sold
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274-182. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 10 cash, H22.700, C1-6.1, Board of Revenue, west mint, 31mm, strongly doubled rev., F $80.00 sold
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273-261. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, iron 10 cash, H22.739, C1-6a, Board of Revenue, west branch, XF $90.00 sold
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271193. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, iron 10 cash, H22.741, C1-6.2, Board of Revenue (actually Pingding in Shanxi), Zhen Bao, F $90.00
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271194. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, iron 10 cash, H22.741, C1-6.2, Board of Revenue (actually Pingding in Shanxi), Zhen Bao, XF $250.00
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CHINA, Xian Feng Tong Bao, 1851-61, copper 50 cash, H22.782, C10-14, Fujian, aVF $335.00 sold 9/5/2008
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 20 cash, H22.794, C10-12, Fujian, extra characters on rim rev., VF $130.00 sold 9/5/2008
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 10 cash, H22.793, C10-8, ND (1853-55), Fujian, 4 characters on rim, some light pitting, aVF $63.00 sold 6/17/2010
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CHINA, Xian Feng Tong Bao, 1851-61, iron 1 cash, H22.802, C14-1(a), Gansu, unlisted in SCWC, VG $43.00
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273-271. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 5 cash, H22.816, C14-2.1v, Gansu, Song style script, F $135.00 sold
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273-272. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 5 cash, H22.818, C14-2.1, Gansu, VG $50.00 sold 12/26/2010
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 50 cash, H22.807, C14-4, Gansu, curved Gung, can't say that I know what that line below "50" means, F $37.00 sold 11/21/2007
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CHINA, Xian Feng Yuan Bao, 1851-61, 100 cash, H22.810, C14-5, ND (1854-57), Gansu, scratches, F $70.00 sold 9/12/2008
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 10 cash, H22.846, C11-2, Henan, aVF $36.00 sold
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 50 cash, H22.931, C15-6.1, ND (1855-60), Jiangxi, traces of amuletic red paint, VF $35.00 sold 9/12/2008
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CHINA, Xian Feng Yuan Bao, 1851-61, 100 cash, H22.917, C16-10, Jiangsu, VF $120.00 sold 9/12/2008
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273-284. CHINA, Xian Feng Yuan Bao, 1851-61, 100 cash, H22.917, C16-10, Jiangsu, VF+ $75.00 sold 1/21/2010
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273-289. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 10 cash, H22.979, C24-5, Sichuan, F $60.00 sold 6/17/2010
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 50 cash, H22.980, C24-6, ND (1854-55), Sichuan, F $80.00 sold 6/17/2010
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 10 cash, H22.1051, C5-5, Baoding, Zhili, patinated VF $55.00 sold 7/23/2008
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CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, 50 cash, H22.1052, C5-6, ND 1854-55) Baoding, Zhili, VF $90.00 sold 7/23/2008
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277-262. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, iron 10 cash, H22.1055, C5-5a, Baoding, Zhili, crude F $100.00 sold
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273-291. CHINA, Xian Feng Zhong Bao, 1851-61, iron 10 cash, H22.1061, C6-3a, Chengde, Zhili, aF/F $75.00 sold 1/13/2011
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CHINA, Tong Zhi Zhong Bao, 1862-74, 5 cash H22.1138, C14-9, ND (1862-64), Gansu, amuletic red paint in field, aVF $260.00 Someone thinks this is fake.  Comments?
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CHINA, Guang Xu, 1875-1908, 1 cash, C11-9.7v, Honan, dot in circle bottom rev., crusty F $25.00
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CHINA, Guang Xu Tong Bao, 1875-1908, 1 cash, H22.1381, C17-1, Jilin, warped planchet, VF $44.00
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CHINA, Guang Xu Tong Bao, 1875-1908, 1 cash, H22.1390, C23-13, ND (1899-1900), Xi'an, Shaanxi, aVF $75.00
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CHINA, Guang Xu Zhong Bao, 1875-1908, 5 cash, H22.1367, C16-13, ND (1905-07), Suzhou, Jiangsu, F $50.00 sold 11/16/2011
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