FREE: 1736-1795 China Ancient The Qing Empire Bronze Copper Coin "Qian Long Tong Bao"

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The "gloves are off" :-) Here is a coin really, really worth having! Really nice ancient (1736-1795) 25 mm (1 inch) Chinese Cash Coin! The 2nd picture with two Chinese words means Treasure on the left and Yunnan Province Mint on the right. The front of the coin (Obverse) means Qianlong tongbao, (circulating treasure of Qianlong). It is read from top to bottom then right then left. Qianlong was the Emperor at the time, (also known as Gaozong). In English, they are often known as ‘cash coins’ after the pidgin English word ‘cash’ for small base metal coins. This word was derived via the Portuguese form ‘caixa’ from the Indian word ‘karsha’ (meaning a small copper coin). In Chinese they have a different name, and are known as ‘qian’ (an old name for coin, originally from a weight term), ‘tongqian’ (which translates literally as‘copper coin’) or ‘wen’ (another old name for coin). This is a very old coin, around 250 years old, that would be a value to any collection, a great gift and a great investment.
A former client of mine had a relative that sailed the world in Merchant Ships in the late 1800's to WWII collecting coins from around the world. I bought them years ago from her and this is one of the actual coins he collected.
Please look at the pictures. Nice copper color.