Please Help Identify This Coin? Thinking Maybe Ancient Chinese?

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ktdolls New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 6:39 pm * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 7:17 pm @ktdolls, first welcome to CCF. Second, any chance of getting pics that are in focus? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 7:55 pm To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 05/25/2018 10:54 pm Hello and welcome. It is indeed Chinese, but it is not a Chinese coin. Rather, it is a Chinese charm. Specifically, an "eight trigrams" charm. See these zeno.ru database pages for many similar examples; yours seems to be a match for this one; the inscription zhan xie zhi gui literally translates to "chop-up evil, cure ghosts/demons/spirits". The "eight trigrams" on the other side are not characters or letters in an alphabet, but Taoist religious symbols. Wikipedia. I cannot tell how old it is. They have been making charms like this in China for hundreds of years, but this one does not look old. Probably Taiwanese (or perhaps made in Korea), late 20th century. 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
jbuck Moderator United States 189340 Posts	Posted 05/27/2018 12:33 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/29/2018 2:17 pm It is indeed a Lucky charm. Very similar can be found here: http://primaltrek.com/charmarticles.html Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 05/29/2018 3:05 pm Welcome to the Forum! You've come to a great place to learn and share. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
silverai Valued Member Canada 117 Posts	Posted 06/02/2018 05:21 am I think it is used for repel ghost. Not a good idea to collect this type of coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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