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    Buddhist coin charms are a category of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese numismatic charms that depict Buddhist religious imagery or inscriptions...
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    these countries similar numismatic charms existed for Buddhist and Confucianism, and at times Taoist coin charms would also incorporate symbolism from...
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    numismatic charms: Buddhist coin charm Burial money Confucian coin charm Horse coin Hell money Lei Ting curse charm Marriage coin charm Open-work charm Vault...
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    Yansheng Coins (traditional Chinese: 厭勝錢; simplified Chinese: 厌胜钱; pinyin: yàn shèng qián), commonly known as Chinese numismatic charms, refer to a collection...
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    "lucky charms" outside of feng shui, their usage in traditional Chinese medicine, or their usage in traditional Chinese fortune telling. The cash coin became...
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    Marriage coin charms (traditional Chinese: 夫婦和合花錢; simplified Chinese: 夫妇和合花钱; pinyin: fū fù hé hé huā qián) are a category of Chinese, Japanese, Korean...
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    Numismatic charms are coin-like amulets and talismans from various Asian cultures, which include: Buddhist coin charms Chinese numismatic charms Coin-swords...
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    numismatic charms (Japanese: 絵銭 or 画銭), also known as Japanese amulets, Japanese talismans, or simply Japanese charms, refer to a family of cash coin-like and...
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  • Confucian coin charms are a category of Chinese and Vietnamese numismatic charms that incorporate messages from Confucian philosophy into their inscriptions...
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    cash coin-like and other numismatic inspired types of charms that like the Japanese and Korean variants are derived from Chinese numismatic charms (also...
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    a Buddhist or a Taoist priest use their own hands to tie these lock charms to their young sons. Wealthy families often gave their sons lock charms made...
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    purchase of luxury items. Chinese "Laid to Rest" burial charms are bronze funerary charms or coins usually found in graves. They measure from 2.4 to 2.45...
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    Money tree (myth) (category Chinese numismatic charms)
    trees may be derived from the Sun tree myth associated with paradise, the coins link paradise with a material bounty in this world. According to the existing...
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    Vietnamese numismatic charms, these charms can be described as a talismanic coin as they are often based on Chinese cash coins but can also have round...
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    Joss paper (category Chinese numismatic charms)
    ancestors is an essential part of the worship. Some Chinese Buddhist temples, such as Singapore Buddhist Lodge in Singapore and all Fo Guang Shan affiliated temples...
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    Fulu (section Coins)
    unique to Taoists: fulu also appear on other kinds of Chinese charms, such as Buddhist coin charms and woodblock prints. Fulu style varies from sect to sect...
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  • A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons...
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    Hell money (category Chinese numismatic charms)
    tally Token Numismatic charms and amulets Buddhist coin charm Burial money Coin-sword Confucian coin charm Feng shui coin Horse coin Joss paper Hell money...
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    Coin-swords (alternatively spelt as coin swords), or cash-swords, are a type of Chinese numismatic charms that are a form of feng shui talisman that were...
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    any other "normal" open-work charms but have a statuette of a boy sitting or crouching on top of the "coin". Open-work charms were originally first cast...
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    Vault Protector coins (traditional Chinese: 鎮庫錢; simplified Chinese: 镇库钱; pinyin: zhèn kù qián) were a type of Chinese numismatic charm coins created by Chinese...
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    Chinese Charms: Art, Religion and Folk Belief (2008) Cribb, Joseph - Chinese Coin Shaped Charms (1986). Sportstune.com – Section 1.81: "Charms with coin inscriptions:...
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    Horse coins (Traditional Chinese: 馬錢; Simplified Chinese: 马钱; Pinyin: mǎ qián), alternatively dama qian (打馬錢), are a type of Chinese numismatic charm that...
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    Zhengde Tongbao (category Chinese numismatic charms)
    Thông Bảo / Chánh Đức Thông Bảo) is a fantasy cash coin, Chinese, and Vietnamese numismatic charm bearing an inscription based on the reign title of the...
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    also known as Indonesian magic coins, are a family of coin-like objects based on a similar Chinese family of coin charms, amulets, and talismans but evolved...
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    Zhouyuan Tongbao (category Coins of ancient China)
    Nicknames only reserved for a handful of Chinese cash coins, as confiscation of Buddhist statues for coin production only happened around 7 times in Chinese...
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    Later Zhou (redirect from Later Zhou coin)
    considered to be a form of Chinese charms and amulets. Among these assigned powers it is said that Zhouyuan Tongbao cash coins could cure malaria and help women...
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    wén (文) or "strings of cash coins" (串), some bamboo tallies were denominated in qián (錢), tóngyuán (銅元, machine-struck coins of 10 wén), jiǎo (角), and yáng...
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  • also contain other charm features such as the eight trigrams. Some Chinese tokens could also resemble Jiā Qìng Tōng Bǎo (嘉慶通寶) cash coins but with a serrated...
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    The finds of his coins are the most numerous and the most widespread of all the Indo-Greek kings. Menander is also remembered in Buddhist literature, where...
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