Korea, Sip Chon T'ong Bo (imitation?)

[Figleaf]

Not any known emperor. Paris, who has god-like qualities when it comes to Chinese, states here that it says Shi qien tong bao, or money of ten units. An eBay seller identified it as a Korean 1678, which makes no sense to me. I also find the diameter of 36 mm (our eBay enthusiast says 40 mm.) too large to be true.

My verdict: modern Chinese fantasy. What do you think?

Peter

[akona20]

Our friends really need to understand that both sides of a coin are needed. Ten units (cash) is definite that's about all I can say.

[Figleaf]

Forgot to mention that. Other side is blank. Sorry.

Peter

[akona20]

Okay, then a temple token of sort would be my guess.

[akona20]

Ummm let me think again, was it blank or was there something on it that was not letters but a minor design like a square around the hole.

[Figleaf]

Here is the illustration from eBay showing both sides.

Peter

[akona20]

Ah, it is not actually blank, you see the sqaure around the hole.

Now That might make a difference.

[pingu]

Attention!

The seller fangkongtian is listed worldwide as a Fake-seller! 90-95% of his coins are forgeries.
Or does one say Replikas?

Wrong patina, wrong optics, missing characters on the 2nd side, hence no Token and no coin - Only the counterfeiter gives her fancy full scope.

  Greetings from Germany
pingu

[pingu]

Hello,

very helpful sides in the net (small however important choice):

http://chinesecoins.lyq.dk/eBaydealers.html
http://fakecash.blogspot.de/
http://china-mint.info/fakechinesecoinsellers.html

Greetings from Germany
pingu

[Paris]

Thank you all. I was almost sure this was a fake. The same seller was selling “an original helmet from Zhou” and “authentic weapons from the Warring States Period” (75 dollars, don’t loose your chance).
Akona20: I totally agree with you and always ask for both sides (+diameter+weight+idea about metal)… but sometimes asking is not efficient.
Figleaf : you know I do not read Chinese. My wife does 

[weepio]

Maybe the seller has a lot of fakes (and I'm not saying this one is real! I really don't know!)

At least he is right about the coin being of Korean origin.

The pages are from Cast Coinage of Korea by Edgar J. Mandel

[weepio]

The text is hard to read. So again, only the text.

[Paris]

Thank you very much Weepio! I translated the text in French and published it in the French-speaking forum with references and scans.