Chinese 'Love Token' ? Please Help.

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tkgtinker New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 05/06/2008 12:49 pm My 85 year old father bought this token in Korea in 1947. He was told it is a 'love token' from China. He has asked me to find out more about it, but I have not been able to learn anything. Please help. It is bronze, 4 cm wide, 1/3 cm thick, round with a square 3/4 cm hole in the center, 4 character writing symbols one one side and the reverse shows 4 copulating positions. I was unable to upload my photos, but I can email them to you if you are interested. Report this Post to the Staff

Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 05/06/2008 3:42 pm I will email you and all you need to do is hit reply and attach the photos to the reply and I will upload the pictures for you Report this Post to the Staff
nobble Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 05/06/2008 6:51 pm Sounds like the top picture at this site but the size is off a bit http://www.intercol.co.uk/acatalog/Tokens.html Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 05/06/2008 8:14 pm G'day, on visits to China, I have seen pottery jars, with lids, various sizes: inside the jars, and/or inside the lids, were images similar to those you describe. These were referred to as "wedding night" pottery. Apparently they were produced over the last few centuries, upto the early 20th century. They are now regarded as "quaint" momentoes of a long-gone era. I gather that these were not pornography, as we now use that term. They were intended as visual aids in a self-directed learning program. Perhaps your token was another aspect of this phenomenon ? Peter Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 05/07/2008 9:35 pm I am sorry but I can not upload the pictures that were sent to me because they are not a love token like one would think, it is a novelty coin with some scenes that wouldn't be appropriate for kids to see Edit:it may be for a couple on their wedding night and they may call it a love token but its not what I was thinking of when I offered to upload the pics for him, anyway it wouldn't be appropriate for this forum Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 8:39 pm I was asked to post the one side I can post and see if maybe someone can identify the coin by it Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 05/09/2008 04:21 am Yep, a fantasy, only loosely based on the traditional Chinese "cash coin" design. Impossible to date, but probably fairly new when it was acquired. 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
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