Posted 03/13/2022 08:25 am
Genuine cash coins - those actually made for and used as money - almost never had pictures on them, just characters. This is therefore a "charm". A large charm; charms this size are usually made for hanging in an auspicious place in a house or building, and usually bear an inscription invoking blessings upon the house or business. Unfortunately, this one is too well worn for me to be certain how to read that inscription; I can barely tell which way is up (and your bottom picture is upside-down).
I think it's a "chang ming fu gui" charm; searching through the Zeno.ru database, I did find this example, which seems to bear very similar pictorial images to your coin: they both have in common a representation of the "big dipper" star constellation and a turtle; I'm not sure what the axe-like thing or the rainbow are supposed to be. "Chang ming fu gui" means "long life, fortune and wealth".
I think it's a "chang ming fu gui" charm; searching through the Zeno.ru database, I did find this example, which seems to bear very similar pictorial images to your coin: they both have in common a representation of the "big dipper" star constellation and a turtle; I'm not sure what the axe-like thing or the rainbow are supposed to be. "Chang ming fu gui" means "long life, fortune and wealth".
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