FAKE CHINESE SILVER DOLLARS AND CHARMS

• Kuang Hsu Yuan Pao (1875-1908)
• Szechuen Military Government 1912
• Charms

Kuang Hsu Yuan Pao (1875-1908)

7 mace and 2 candareens (=0.72 tael) is the weight

Pei Yang 1908	Pei Yang 1908	Kiang Nan
39mm	39mm	39mm

Szechuen Military Government, 1912

39mm

The Obverse bears six Chinese characters on the top, means this coin was minted in Szechuan Province in 1912 or the first year of the Republic of China, and a Chinese ideogram "Han" in center meaning that the Chinese have taken the place of the Manchu Government, within a linear circle. Outside are 18 circles representing 18 Provinces of China. The reverse bears a flowery ornament in center, surrounded by four Chinese characters meaning "The Silver Coin of Szechuen" within the beaded circle and two asterisks on the both side. The four Chinese characters on the top means "Made by the Military Government" and the value of this coin is "One Yuan" in Chinese below the circle. (from http://ykleungn.tripod.com/scdollar.htm).

Charms

38mm	38mm

The sets of three bars are called Trigrams. According to legend these trigrams were invented 4500 years ago by Fu Hsi in the earliest version of the I Ching. (Later the I Ching was expanded to include 64 Hexagrams, or groups of six bars). The long bar is the Yang or male element, and the divided bar is the Yin or female. Since there are eight possible ways of arranging them, together they are called the Pa Kua, or 8 sides, and they are put into an octagonal shape. Each trigram has its name written above it. Beginning from the 3 divided bars and going clockwise, they are: Kun, Tui, Chien, Kan, Ken, Chen, Sun, and Li. (from http://ykleungn.tripod.com/charms3.htm).