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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2754569, member: 81887&quot;][USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] : Here&#039;s a Chinese charm featuring both a tiger and a phoenix on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]631632[/ATTACH] </p><p>The obverse inscription translates as &quot;Good news of a Triple First&quot;, the highest score in the Chinese Imperial Exam, which was a sort of civil service exam that was used to select China&#039;s bureaucracy for hundreds of years.&nbsp; I won this at a Steve Album auction; he often has many nice Chinese charms and amulets in his auctions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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