page_title: Japanese numismatic charm
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese numismatic charm
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: 1949.07.0041 En serie av myntformade amuletter (enligt kataloguppgift) av varierande form och dekor, bl a i form av motställda fiskar, insekter etc. Ofta förekommer arkaiskt formade karaktärer. Enligt katalogen är dekoren i form av lyckosymboler. Det är möjligtvis snarare t ex djur som är kända för att motverka det onda, t ex är det vanligt i speciellt Kina att insektsmotiv används som ett sätt att hålla det otäcka borta. (PH) Japan
context_page_description: Japanese numismatic charms, also known as Japanese amulets, Japanese talismans, or simply Japanese charms, refer to a family of cash coin-like and other numismatic inspired types of charms that like the Korean and Vietnamese variants are derived from Chinese numismatic charms, but have evolved around the customs of the Japanese culture. Although most of these charms resemble Japanese cash coins and the amulet coins of China, they contain their own categories unique to Japan. In the case of these coins, "charm" in this context is a catchall term for coin-shaped items which were not official money. However, these numismatic objects were not all necessarily considered "magical" or "lucky", as some of these Chinese numismatic charms can be used as "mnemonic coins".
context_section_description: Japanese numismatic charms (Japanese: 絵銭 or 画銭), also known as Japanese amulets, Japanese talismans, or simply Japanese charms, refer to a family of cash coin-like and other numismatic inspired types of charms that like the Korean and Vietnamese variants are derived from Chinese numismatic charms (also referred to as Yansheng coins or huāqián), but have evolved around the customs of the Japanese culture. Although most of these charms resemble Japanese cash coins and the amulet coins of China, they contain their own categories unique to Japan. In the case of these coins, "charm" in this context is a catchall term for coin-shaped items which were not official (or counterfeit) money. However, these numismatic objects were not all necessarily considered "magical" or "lucky", as some of these Chinese numismatic charms can be used as "mnemonic coins".
caption: Japanese coin-like amulets on display at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden.
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