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CHINA: AE charm (18.00g), VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:45.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
CHINA: AE charm (18.00g), VF
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90.00USD+ buyer's premium (18.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Mar 24 @ 15:46UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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CHINA: AE charm (18.00g), Mandel-17.8.3, 43mm, Hu Ren Xi Shi ("A foreigner playing with a lion") charm, zhao cái jìn bao, huáng jin wàn liang ("[May you] attract wealth and riches and have ten thousand liang of gold"), with eight sycees around // man playing with lion, VF. "Hu Ren" is an ancient name for foreigners in general and all nomads living to the North of and West of the Great Wall (Tartars, Mongols, Huns, Qidan, etc.). In ancient times foreigners from the West (Central Asia) used to bring lions to China for circus performances. This example was likely cast during the Min Guo period.