Members MarlinDave Posted December 25, 2020 Author Members Report Posted December 25, 2020 Thanks. Very educational site. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 25, 2020 CFM Report Posted December 25, 2020 14 hours ago, Professor said: Yep. Magnified the washer looks to be either a Chinese coin or a temple prayer token. With the huge numbers of Chinese railroad workers a few Chinese coins are bound to have shown up in western towns. Crewmen of Clipper ships would buy kegs full of relic temple tokens and trade them to Indians on the west coast letting them think it was real money. In Alaska the Tinglit used these washer like coins to construct body armor that was effective against arrows and spears etc. The various shaped holes allowed the coins to be easily counted and kept separate as only coins of a certain denomination would fit certain matching pegs on a counting board. My brother had a glass jar full of Phillipines paper money and a number of coins including some Chinese coins. These coins if available in quantity would make for some interesting decorations for gun belts and vests. I have a Chinese coin that a friend gave me and very old, i live on the Union pacific line in Wyoming very cool info. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
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