1 Cash - Yong xing

Weight

10.06 g

Diameter

NA

Thickness

1.8 mm

Material

Tin

Shape

Rectangular (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Cast

Front design

Two chinese reading from top to bottom.

Back design

Plain Face

Year of Minting

NA

Size

39.0 × 23.4 mm

Mint location

NA

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: 永 [⿱丿㒷]

Context

The first chinese character is 永, means forever. The second character can no longer be typed or found in modern Traditional or Simplified Chinese character sets on the internet because it is a historical variant. It now appears only as a graphic. This historical variant character(see https://zi.tools/zi/%E2%BF%B1%E4%B8%BF%E3%92%B7 ) corresponds and transform to the modern Traditional character “興” and the Simplified character “兴”. 永興 (Yongxing) has been a common name for banks and shops for several centuries and is still widely used today in Hong Kong, parts of China, and in Chinatowns around the world. The name means “prosperous forever” or “eternal prosperity.” Based on the photos at N# 482391 , this coin may be slightly earlier than other circular Bangka issues. At that time designs had not been standardized into perfect circles, so individual issuers often produced uniquely shaped pieces. Compared with the coin at N# 482391 , the two characters “大吉” are absent. These characters mean "great fortune" or "good luck" and were added in later issues of the coin, reading from top to bottom, and left to right.  The idiom 大吉大利 is commonly using in chinese new year for great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving https://www.linguee.com/chinese-english/translation/%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%89%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%A9.html This coin is currently undocumented. Future archaeological discoveries or research may provide more information about its origin and use.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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