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English: A Bird-Worm Seal Script charm (鳥蟲篆花錢) attributed to the Song Dynasty period (960–1279).

During the Song dynasty period a bird-worm seal script coin charm was produced with the inscription Guihe Qishou (traditional Chinese: 龜鶴齊壽; simplified Chinese: 龟鹤齐寿; pinyin: Guī hè qí shòu), which translates to "Live as long as the tortoise and the crane". This inscription is based on the fact that the Chinese traditionally believed that both the tortoise and the heron (crane) live long lives. The inscription of this coin charm is read top-bottom-right-left and is 6.4 centimeters in diameter, has a thickness of 4 millimeters, and a weight of 71.1 grams.

The main characteristic of bird-worm seal script is that the characters resemble animals. Because of this the top character (龜, "Tortoise") actually resembles a tortoise, the bottom character (鶴, "Heron") looks like a bird, the character located to the right or the central square home (齊, "Are equal to" or "be the same as") resembles 3 "worms", and the left character (壽, "Longevity") looks like it has a s-shaped "worm" running through the middle of it.
Date The Song Dynasty period (960–1279).
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Author Unknown authorship during the Song Dynasty period.

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A Bird-Worm Seal Script charm (鳥蟲篆花錢) attributed to the Song Dynasty period (960–1279).

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