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CHINA: Cash Coin Sword

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
CHINA: Cash Coin Sword
SOLD
700.00USD+ buyer's premium (140.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Sep 17 @ 09:48UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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CHINA: Cash Coin Sword, made of approximately 100 coins and likely sewn together in the Min Guo (Republic) period in the 1930-40s; the blade of the sword is made of wood, a strongly- made sword in superb condition! Coin swords were a form of talisman used in south China to ward off evil influences, especially those inducing fever. They were made by tying together 'cash' (the pidgin term for Chinese coins with a square hole in the middle) onto an iron rod. The coins in this sword are almost all coins of the Qian Long Emperor (1736-1795).