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Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 12/07/2013 08:59 am Hi, can someone help with these, I tried to look them up but couldn't find any symbols similar to these. Coin on left - 16.7 mm diameter, 1.8 mm thick Coin on right - 17.7 mm diameter, 1.9 mm thick Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 08:15 am These are both charms. Very, very few genuine Chinese cash have pictorial elements to them. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 09:34 am OK, thanks friend! Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 11:10 pm They are both Chinese zodiac charms. The charm on the left has the image of a snake on the bottom with its associated "Earthly Branch" character si (å·³) at the top. The charm on the right has the image of a pig on the bottom with its associated "Earthly Branch" character hai (äº¥) at the top. The other side (bottom images) of the charms are the same with a single Chinese character written in an obscure seal script. There is some dispute as to what character this actually is. Some believe it is the character ren (äºº) meaning "person". Others believe it is the character ling (ä»¤) meaning "to command" or "to decree". In this case, the command or decree would be from the Daoist "God of Thunder" (Lei Gong e›·å.¬). Gary Edited by manymore 12/10/2013 06:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 12/10/2013 09:04 am Gary, Awesome, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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