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Chinese Coin Or Token. Any Help Appreciated.

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 Posted 01/16/2015  6:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Sanderstead59 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all. Would some kind person be able to identify this largish brass coin/token.
Measures 62 mm diameter. Showing both sides.
Thanks!

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 Posted 01/16/2015  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello and welcome.

It's a good luck charm, at that size probably intended for mounting on a wall.

Most Westerners, of course, no longer associate the swastika with "good luck".
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 Posted 01/16/2015  7:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Medieval to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


and agree with what 'Sap' said.

But for a full explanation of everything written on the item, wait for 'manymore'.
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I am not familiar with this piece and, unfortunately, the Chinese characters are too worn to read.

The character at the upper right looks like jia (加). Besides its basic meaning, jia is sometimes used to transliterate proper names.

The character at the lower right looks like zao (e€ ).

The two characters beneath the swastika are too obliterated to read.

I'm not sure what the two characters on the left are.

The character on the reverse side is tian (天).

I purposely have not provided translations of these characters because their meaning could be different depending on the context and, with so little information, I have no idea what the context may be.

As Sap mentioned, the swastika is an ancient symbol of "good luck". However, it can also used in the place of the Chinese character wan (万) which means "10,000" but has the extended meaning of "myriad".

Also, it is unclear why there is a "dot" (star? sun?) in the lower left.

This piece is not necessarily Chinese. It could be from Japan, Korea, etc. in which case the characters are sometimes written differently.

I'm sorry I cannot be of more help.

Hopefully, another forum member can identify the piece.

Gary
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 Posted 01/16/2015  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TypeCoin971793 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Modern Chinese charm. My guess it that it would have little value, but I'm not familiar with this item.
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 Posted 01/17/2015  12:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sanderstead59 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks very much for the help guys, especially manymore for taking the time to reply.
Cheers!
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