Charms have been classified using Mandel's classification system from book [M]. Main principles - to recognize a charm without any knowledge of the Chinese characters. Traditionaly Chinese inscription reading on the charms is from top to bottom (tb), from right to left (rl). Some of the charms illistrated here are modern imitations or copies of old charms. They are still interesting though as they provide links with the history and culture of China. Charms have been classified by major groups as follows: 1-2 Coin charms 3-4 Zodiac charms 4-6 Eight trigrams 6-7 Magic spell incantations 8 Open work charms 9-10 Pictorial 11-18 Pictorial with characters 19 Marriage tokens 20 Horse charms 21-38 Characters only 39-45 Miscellaneous