The Burger Collection of Chinese coin charms

Alex C. Fang; Joe Cribb

The Burger Collection of Chinese coin charms

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Abstract

The collection of Chinese coin-shaped charms and amulets collected by Werner Burger, the renowned expert on Qing dynasty coins and monetary history was recently sold in auction in Hong Kong (Spink, 13 April 2023). This article explains the importance of his collection and how it fits into the history of coin collecting in China. His collection reveals how he set about collecting Chinese coin charms and amulets and shows the range of the collection, its rarities and particularlythe regionally produced examples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-21
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Oriental Numismatic Society
Volume	254
Issue number	Winter
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2023

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