K'ang-hsi coin charm, 1622-1722

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Dragon & Phoenix rev, 55 mm, 58.09 gms.
The dragon represents royalty, rain, and spring. The dragon admonishes greed and avarice. The phoenix is the fabled bird that is burned and renewed from the ashes. In china, the phoenix is known as "Feng-Huang". "Feng" is the male phoenix and "Huang" is the female phoenix. The phoenix represents the Empress, beauty, warmth, prosperity and peace. The ancient Chinese believed that the dragon presided over the Eastern Quadrant of China and the phoenix ruled the Southern Quadrant.

Da F1457 Catalogue of Chinese Charms (Amulets), 2007 Edition di Xu Zuoren

Shung Chih Coin Charm

size 46 mm.

In Chester L.Krause, Clifford Mishler, Colin R.Bruce II Standard Catalog of World Coins, Krause Publications, 22nd edition, 1995, we can read: The eight trigrams (Pa Kua) of the Book of Changes (I Ching). The trigram is composed of combinations of pairs of eight trigrams each of which represents some power in nature, either active or passive, such as fire, water, thunder, earth, etc. These trigrams are said to have been invented 2000 years and more B.C. by the legendary monarch Fu Hsi, who copied them from the back of a tortoise.

Size: 136 mm
Thickness: main - 5 mm and 9.5 mm on the rised (convex) dragon's figures
Obverse: Coin legend: Tai Ping Tong Bao
Reverse: two convex dragons, ornaments, round inscription (36 Chinese characters).