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CHINA: cash coin sword, VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Qing Dynasty Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CHINA: cash coin sword, VF
SOLD
300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Sep 19 @ 18:40UTC-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; a well-made sword in excellent condition, VF. 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 all machine struck coins of the Kuang Hsu (Guangxu) Emperor, 1875-1908, struck at the Canton (Guangzhou) mint in Kwangtung (Guangdong).