Category:Chinese burial coins

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中文（臺灣）：瘞錢 / 冥錢

中文（中国大陆）：瘗钱 / 冥钱

English: Chinese burial coins (Traditional Chinese: 瘞錢; Simplified Chinese: 瘗钱; Pinyin: yì qián) a.k.a. dark coins (Traditional Chinese: 冥錢; Simplified Chinese: 冥钱; Pinyin: míng qián) are Chinese imitations of currency that are placed in the grave of a person that is to be buried.

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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

C

Clay cash coins (funerary coins)‎ (1 F)

R

Rutu Wei'an‎ (2 F)

Media in category "Chinese burial coins"

The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.

Joss Paper Made of Gold in Jin Dynasty 2012-05.JPG 4,320 × 3,240; 2.93 MB
Mawangdui Clay Replicas of Gold Currency - 10112658585.jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 2.38 MB
Mawangdui Clay Replicas of Gold Currency.jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 2.56 MB
Mawangdui Clay Replicas of Money.jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 2.1 MB
Mawangdui Silk Funerary Money.jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 2.6 MB

v t e Chinese numismatic charms
Obverse/reverse design	Pictorial without characters plain reverse obverse and reverse Pictorial obverse with character, plain reverse with characters in the design One character observe plain reverse pictorial reverse without characters with characters one character reverse Two character obverse plain reverse pictorial reverse without characters with characters two character reverse three character reverse Four character obverse plain reverse one character reverse two character reverse three character reverse four character reverse eight character reverse multiple character reverse Six character obverse plain reverse pictorial reverse without characters with characters six character reverse Eight character obverse plain reverse pictorial reverse without characters with characters eight character reverse Twenty-four character obverse, twenty-four character reverse Multiple character obverse plain reverse pictorial reverse with characters without characters obverse and reverse Combined characters
Theme	Astronomy Stars Book of Changes (I-Ch'ing) and the Eight Trigrams Boy Buddhism Temple coins Burial coins Christian Coin trees Confucianism / Ruism Eight Decalitres of Talent Eight Treasures Five Poisons Football Good luck Horse charms with auspicious legend and horse gambling tokens House Joss paper Kangxi poem coins Liu Hai and Golden Toad Marriage and sex Men Plow, Women Weave Musicians, dancers, and acrobats Peace Safe Journey Taoism / Daoism Tiger Hour Treasure bowls Vault Protector coins Wish Xiangqi Zodiac
Inscriptions	Chinese cash coin inscriptions Fantasies Magic spell incantations Lei Ting curse Magic spell incantations combined with the Eight Trigrams Nine-Fold Seal Script Palindromes Sanskrit inscriptions Tibetan inscriptions
Shape	Counters Fish Gourds Halberds Knives Little shoes Locks Open-work Souvenir plates Spades Sycees Peaches Pendants Tallies Tiger tooth Utensils Vase shape pendant
Ornaments or assemblies	Coin-swords Dress ornaments Money trees Paizi designs
Material	Bamboo Bronze Clay Cloisonné Fabric Gold Jade Lead Silver
Manufacturing process	Carved from Chinese cash coins Machine-struck Moulds Mother coins / Seed coins
Images by source	Classic Chinese Charms - Volume 1 by Zheng Yiwei Etnografiska museet Gary Ashkenazy (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture) John Ferguson (Sportstune.com) Museon Museum Den Haag Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts (University of California at Santa Barbara) Scott Semans World Coins (CoinCoin.com)
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