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CHINA: AE charm (61.72g), VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CHINA: AE charm (61.72g), VF
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This item SOLD at 2023 Sep 14 @ 17:08UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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CHINA: AE charm (61.72g), CCH-1934, 60mm, Lei Ling "Daoist curse charm", lei zou sha gui jiang jing / zhan yao chu xie yong bao / shen qing feng / tai shang lao jun ji ji zhi ling "God of Thunder (Lei) clear out and kill the ghosts and send down purity. Behead the demons, expel the evil and keep us eternally safe. Let this command from Lao Zi be executed quickly" // Liu Hai and the three-legged toad, a lovely example of this rare large charm, VF, R, ex Champion Coin Auction April 1, 2009, Lot 38. The large characters at the extreme right and extreme left are not Chinese but rather Daoist "magic writing". Regarding the very large character on the left, the upper half is "magic writing" for the Chinese character lei which means "thunder" and refers to the "God of Thunder". The lower part is "magic writing" for the Chinese character ling which means "to order". The reverse could either portray Liu Hai and the three-legged toad, or could be a young woman fishing as the waves and bamboo seem to indicate a river or stream.