Chinese Coin Good Luck Charm

Blank-faced on one side, with only a curl of marks above and below.

This coin good luck charm is from China. It is bronze. Cast in bronze, charms of this kind often imitate the form of real coins but usually carry auspicious phrases or symbols rather than a denomination. Modest round disc with a square hole and a wide, smooth rim. Rather than four characters, just a small cluster of marks shows above and a looped, scroll-like mark below, in thin raised lines on a gray field.

Says less than its neighbors and means it.