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  Chinese jade fortune coins

 

China

In China, jade is associated with immortality and is believed to have the power to purify.

 

In antiquity, high officials and members of certain dynasties were often buried with a coin-shaped jade tablet in the mouth, the circular shape symbolizing infinity. Today, Chinese jade fortune coins are popular charms, worn as pendants.