Identify Chinese Coin With Dragons On Reverse (Id: Mid 20th Century Chinese Charm)

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Beachy173 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/26/2020 2:25 pm I inherited some coins and there is an interesting coin or charm that has a square opening in the middle. The front appears to have Chinese writing and the back has dragons. Can anyone tell me whether it is a coin or a good luck charm? Edited by Beachy173 07/26/2020 2:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/26/2020 5:22 pm to CCF. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5271 Posts	Posted 07/26/2020 5:39 pm it is a modern charm or token. Likely the characters were copied from an actual coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16898 Posts	Posted 07/26/2020 8:53 pm The inscription is copied from a coin of the Kang Xi emperor. The charm will not be very old, mid-20th century at the earliest. The "bubbly" appearance of the background is intended to imitate the grainy sand-cast surfaces of genuine coins. These charms, however, would have been mass-produced by machine-striking, rather than being cast by hand. 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
Beachy173 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/26/2020 9:01 pm Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
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