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ClusterCoin Valued Member Australia 136 Posts	Posted 12/07/2024 10:35 pm I've found a lot of these cash coins that look like they could be Chinese in a recent auction lot. They're all crudely made from stamped magnetic metal. Around 2 grams each. The writing looks like it could be Manchu on one side, but it's really hard to tell. They may be a late period hastily made cash coin, or perhaps just tokens for another purpose. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 12/07/2024 10:38 pm Hmm not cast so I don't think they are Cash. Perhaps they are modern feng shui tokens? "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
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1910 Posts	Posted 12/08/2024 3:38 pm Agreed May be a cash style, but no coinage I'm familiar with. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187579 Posts	Posted 12/09/2024 11:02 am Very interesting. 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
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 12/09/2024 5:22 pm They are not actual coins. The side being replicated is the Manchu-language side of Chinese cash coins, rather than the (more important) Chinese-language side, with the four characters. Given that they are (a) cheaply made, and (b) appear to have been burned, my assumption would be that this is funeral money. It has long been the practice in China and amongst the Chinese diaspora to burn replicas of money and worldly goods at funerals, with the aim of providing the deceased with those things for a pleasant afterlife. The communist regime in mainland China frowns upon this traditional practice, seeing it as both superstitious and capitalist, but permits it so long as the fires are not too large or extravagant. 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
ClusterCoin Valued Member Australia 136 Posts	Posted 12/10/2024 03:42 am Quote: Given that they are (a) cheaply made, and (b) appear to have been burned, my assumption would be that this is funeral money. It has long been the practice in China and amongst the Chinese diaspora to burn replicas of money and worldly goods at funerals, with the aim of providing the deceased with those things for a pleasant afterlife. Thank you for that. It does sound like the most plausible explanation. I have seen so called 'hell' paper money that's burned in China at funerals, but haven't seen coins for the purpose until now. I have a small bag of these so will keep them as an exonumia curiousity. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187579 Posts	Posted 12/10/2024 08:54 am Quote: I have a small bag of these so will keep them as an exonumia curiousity. 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
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