China, Marriage Coin Charm ND (1600-1900), "Spring Money"

Category: China
Country/Region: China
Denomination: Marriage Coin Charm
Year: ND (1600-1900)
Mint: "Spring Money"
Weight: 5,894 g
Material: Bronze
Grade: VF
Description: Obv: An inscription 風花雪月 ("Wind, Flowers, Snow, Moon"), which means / Rev: An image of a man and a woman having sex in four different positions; Wedding-fertility coin charm, also known as "spring money" (春銭) in Chinese, are erotic tokens or charms imitating the traditional shape of the Chinese cash coins and depicting sexual imagery, which is often meant to represent harmonious marriage. Such charms can be found not only in China, but also in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Spring money were commonly used as currency in brothels from the Five Dynasties period to the early Republic of China



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