CHINA: AE charm (49.15g), 58mm, jia guan jìn lù "may office and salary be bestowed upon you" // hao yùn lín shen, VF-EF, RR. Reportedly, the saying jia guan jin lu originally came from a historical text of the Jin Dynasty where it was stated "When the phoenix flies outside, envoys will arrive, when inside, office and salary will be bestowed". This was a common and auspicious inscription of the Ming and Qing dynasties. This example likely cast in the late Qing or early Min Guo era.
