New to forum. Was recommended to me by a fellow metal detectorist. He stated that someone here may be able to help me identify a coin that I came across while detecting a local old beach. The coin has Chinese characters on it, is slightly smaller than a half dollar (could be that it is the size of a half dollar and beach wear has diminished its size a little). The best I can tell, it is of copper composition. When looking through my catalogs, I come across some close examples all dating back to 1901-1905 range...but no exact matches. Only ran water over the coin, as I fear any additional attempts at cleaning will end up removing the patina rendering the coin unidentifiable. Here are the pictures:
What I believe to be the obverse:
What I believe to be the reverse:
Thank you all in advance for you help!
TwoYewts