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CHINA: cash coin sword

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Later Imperial Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CHINA: cash coin sword
SOLD
325.00USD+ buyer's premium (65.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jun 14 @ 18:52UTC-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 metal, with lovely green, black and red cloisonné handle with character fu, a well-made sword in superb condition and set in custom glass and wood display case! 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).