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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5423920, member: 51347&quot;]I really like that coin, [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] ...&nbsp; The older script really makes it interesting.&nbsp; Since I have been to China (all over), numerous times, I am fascinated with their rich, and LONG history.&nbsp; What strikes me is that, generally, their writings can be read / recognized over millennia !&nbsp; Also, I found it fascinating that even today, although folks in various areas of the country spoke a different language, they could READ the same script and communicate!&nbsp; My personal experience is between Chinese of the South speaking Guangdonghua (Cantonese) and those of Middle China speaking Pudonghua (Mandarin).&nbsp; They may not understand each other verbally, but would it write down during meetings, and they understood each other perfectly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating to a Westerner, exposed to many verbal languages, but our alphabet system does not universally translate like written Chinese to the Chinese people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a CHARM coin from the Song (Sung) Dynasty that I can toss out...</p><p><br /></p><p>Not an official currency coin, but it has a HORSEY!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235437[/ATTACH]</p><p>China</p><p>Song Dynasty 10th-12th C CE</p><p>AE Gaming Token</p><p>29mm 6.42g</p><p>Zhui Feng Zhi Ma -&quot;horse following wind&quot;-</p><p>Horse galloping left </p><p>Classic Chinese Charms Vol I 2149[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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