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CHINA: AE charm (39.18g), VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CHINA: AE charm (39.18g), VF
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 19 @ 18:41UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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CHINA: AE charm (39.18g), Semans-435 (plate coin), Mandel-2.17, 63mm openwork flower type, four plum flowers, a rare type, VF, R, ex Jürgen M. Wilmes Collection, ex I.S. Coushnir Collection. "Open-work" charms are one of the major types of ancient Chinese charms. They are referred to in Chinese as lou kong qian "hollowed out" money and ling long qian "elegant" money. Chinese open work charms have irregular shaped "openings" between their exquisite design elements. They are round and almost always have a round hole in the center. Openwork charms became very popular and were often worn for personal adornment during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.I.S. Coushnir published a short catalog, Chinese Coins Without Currency, of mostly Chinese openwork charms documenting 36 charms and amulets. Published in The China Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 6, December 1932.