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QING: Dao Guang, 1820-1850, AE charm (15.52g), Fine

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Charms Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
QING: Dao Guang, 1820-1850, AE charm (15.52g), Fine
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This item SOLD at 2023 Jan 27 @ 14:09UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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QING: Dao Guang, 1820-1850, AE charm (15.52g), CCH-288, 35mm, "lantern-hanging money", tian xia tai ping (heaven below great peace), with contemporary loop added, Fine. These could be considered as Palace cash and thus may or may not be considered a type of amulet. These were made as New Year's gifts to people in the Imperial Palace, usually eunuchs and guards, who often hung the smaller ones below lamps, the larger ones below curtains. Hartill, in "Qing Cash " (Royal Numismatic Society, 2003), agrees they were handed out as gifts in the Palace, but only upon the establishment of each new reign title, and were wrapped in red cloth.