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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2533

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-like charm with square central hole, obverse inscribed 'Xian feng tong bao', reverse inscribed 'Bai lu shi he', 36.6x2.8mm, 20.6g. Probably a mother coin, in excellent condition, extremely rare. Note: This is the same specimen that is used in Dr Burger's article on Chinese charms entitled Coins Which are Not Money: Cultural Functions and Symbolism collected in the book Money in Asia (1200-1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts edited by Jane Kate Leonard and Ulrich Theobald, Brill 2022.


方穿咸豐通寶錢文花錢，背“百祿是荷”，母錢樣，清朝（公元1644–1911），36.6x2.8mm，重20.6g。品相極美，極少見。另：該錢為布氏“是錢非錢：花錢的文化功能及意義”一文所用原物。該文收錄於《1200-1900的亞洲錢幣：社會與政治框架中的貨幣》一書，J.K Leonard與U. Theobald編輯，2022年布瑞爾出版社出版。

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HK$2000