Chinese Charms--Or Coins? | Machine-Struck Fantasy Cash

Thanks...it's as I thought, but I wanted confirmation.
Any idea what the characters mean?

I did some searching around and found them often described as "Feng-Shui" coins.
In other words--good luck charms, and the characters probably reflect that--thanks again.

Three such coins are needed to facilitate the divination in conjunction with the Tao Te Ching (meaning Way of the Virtuous Book) which is alleged to have been written in the 6th century BCE.

The uppermost character on the coin to the left is Tung meaning "to pass or go through". The character on the lower left of the earlier character does not appear in my very basic dictionary (it is a combined character with the recognizable part meaning dawn. I no longer have access to more serious dictionaries so that is the best that I can do.

The inscription reads xuan tong tong bao (宣統e€šå¯¶) which is the same inscription used on the coins cast during the reign of the Xuantong Emperor, also known as Puyi, China's "Last Emperor".

The image of an authentic coin may be seen here.

Your coins are modern machine-made "charms" resembling the xuan tong tong bao coin on the obverse and having two dragons and a "flaming pearl" on the reverse.

They can be considered souvenirs, fengshui coins, charms, etc. but are produced in very large quantities and can be purchased very inexpensively.

Gary