coins with a hole in

[Guest sue]

you guys here are so helpful i just wanted to ask wether you would know if apart from chinese coins which have a hole in them. were there any british coins made with a square hole in? even if they were just kind of tokens or made in the times when there was not a lot of copper coinage, even forgeries of some sort!!. its just that i have come across two and they are identical with square holes in but i cant make out a single detail on either! i have not found them together by the way; they were in different places but they are the same size as a halfpenny and one looks like its copper the other looks like a tin with a bronze coating, they are the same thickness as a halfpenny too. just wanted to ask as i know you lot "are in the know" so to speak. cheers for reading and happy new year to you all!

[Master Jmd 50]

They do sound like the Chinese type to me...they are about the size of a halfpenny...

Like this: Linky?

[Chris Perkins 223]

They could be what's left of tin halfpennies, with copper plugs, with the copper squarish plug fallen out.

[Master Jmd 50]

They could be what's left of tin halfpennies, with copper plugs, with the copper squarish plug fallen out.

Hmm...hadn't thought of that...

[Guest sue]

i will attempt to post pics of them for you to see and maybe solve the mystery for me, in the meantime would any of you know where i could find out a bit more info on this coin as i have also got one of these coins too! is it an english coin do you think?where could i get more info on it?i really dont know where to look a friend emailed this sheet to me but it doesn,t really tell me anything concrete about the coins origin!

[Guest sue]

here is a pic of the two coins????? with the square holes or are they? please note that all my coins i find in the ground so they are not too pretty but i love and cherish them! i have put a half penny in to show the size and i value your thoughts, im am not sure on these two, but to find two is perplexing and i have found many george 2nd and third coins, they just may of been used as emergency coinage. like perhaps the token in my earlier thread. kindest regards sue

[Emperor Oli 0]

Chinese Cash Coins I said instinctively, but why would there be Chinese coins in the ground of the UK. I think Chris has got the right idea, but I don't know how big the plugs are compared to the rest of the coin