ID helps- no coin

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by paschka, Aug 4, 2018.

  1. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    it is not a coin, plaque or relief. Can someone tell me. I'm sorry that this is not a coin, but it seems to be something ancient, there are traces of high-grade gold 47CD23B7-1A10-4B09-9B62-69D993C51DEB.jpeg B4DF8B73-002D-4351-A630-1B8154900DC7.jpeg
     
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  3. britannia40

    britannia40 Well-Known Member

    I believe its Chinese. You might want to add height, length, thickness. There are a few that deal with stuff like this here. I will warn you ahead of time. The Chinese are the most counterfeiting society of coins, charms and anything else of value (and some fakes can be quite good). You might want to add the items history. Depending on the size it could be a charm or a plaque.
     
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  4. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    it is probably something genuine because I can not find the analogues and I took it from the legacy of one family and there on this plate the remnants of a thin layer of gold-plated coatings, and this kind of gold was covered with bronze ware in antiquity, although this may be souvenir or modern work.....
     
  5. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    this is not China. this is something interesting from olden Japan. Buddha and other gods 100% Japanese and eroglyphs too
     
  6. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    Can anyone still tell me what it is and what time it is?
     
  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    If large, I'd see if it rang when struck like a gong but you ignored the request above for size details so that is not likely assuming it is tiny.
     
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  8. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    To be fair that depiction of those Buddha’s/boddhisattvas are not necessarily exclusive to japan
     
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  9. Dobbin

    Dobbin Active Member

    I would add that early Buddhist materials like this may have originated in China but we're imported into Japan as the practice grew there. This object may very well have been in Japan for a long time but yet could be of Chinese manufacture.
     
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  10. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    This item is about 13 by 20 centimeters
     
  11. Rick B

    Rick B Well-Known Member

    Considering there is writing on it, just find someone who can read Japanese and/or Chinese and they will tell you which it is.
     
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  12. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    They told me: That is a charm, with the Image of the True Shape of the Five Peaks Talisman (五嶽真形圖).

    And this I found a modern copy. This is some kind of daoist talisman. And iroglyphs like Chinese:
    https://pai.chcoin.com/show-632498.html
     
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  13. Rick B

    Rick B Well-Known Member

    Whatever it is, it's cool!
     
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  14. Dobbin

    Dobbin Active Member

    Hanzi (Chinese characters) and Kanji (one of the sets of Japanese characters) are the same.
     
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  15. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    I myself discovered this today with the help of the translator program. So is this plaque Chinese or Japanese? Because these budhas are traditionally Japanese.
     
  16. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    If it’s Daoist, then the figures would not be Buddhas/boddhisattvas

    also if it’s Daoist it must be chinese
     
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