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TAI PING REBELLION: Tai Ping, 1850-1864, AE membership token (17.55g)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
TAI PING REBELLION: Tai Ping, 1850-1864, AE membership token (17.55g)
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TAI PING REBELLION: Tai Ping, 1850-1864, AE membership token (17.55g), CCH-436, Golden Coin Society, a secret society, cast in southeast Zhèjiang and northeast Fújiàn provinces in 1858-62, yi ji jin qian (mark of loyalty – a golden coin) / linked lozenges flanking central hole, Fine, RRR. The Golden Coin Society, a branch of the Tiandihui (Heaven and Earth Society) that was active during the Taiping Rebellion, was a fraternal organization dedicated to removing the Manchus from China. Their name was initially derived from their membership badge, a pair of Kang Xi Tong Bao coins fixed back to back by a red silk thread, so as to obscure the Manchu inscriptions on the reverse. As the society grew, more personalized badges were needed. Several varieties of these 'coins' exist, all with a curiously written jin character. The first two strokes of the word are written in a way that resembles the element ru (enter).