Interesting Ancient Chinese Charm For ID #2

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Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 04/04/2014 1:01 pm I have just bought an old collection of Chinese charms, along with a few coins. The collection these were from were put together around 1910, and most have old tags attached. I've one a thread for each of them on the ID forum. Number 2. A charm based on Wang Mang Knife money. No gold inlay, and the lettering seems slightly different. Perhaps a type of knife money or a charm based on it? One near identical sold at Heritage for $400 this January - they didn't seem to know exactly what it was either. Any further info would be great! Dimensions: 72 x 27 mm Weight: 21.67 grams www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 04/04/2014 9:55 pm Replica Wang Mang knife; as you noted, the characters inside the circular part are "supposed" to be incuse and inlaid in gold, rather than raised. 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
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 04/04/2014 11:58 pm There are actually numerous raised examples of knife like charms with raised details. The original knifed became prized as charms themselves and contemporary copies were made. The example from heritage is actually a really close match in this case http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=1230723 www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 04/05/2014 2:51 pm lots of info on charms/coins : http://www.calgarycoin.com/referenc.../chinaid.htm beware of fakes Report this Post to the Staff
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