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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1789819, member: 17118&quot;]&quot;Coin 2&quot; is actually &quot;real&quot; in that it is not a fake of anything.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, it is not a &quot;coin&quot; in the sense of being money.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is one of a set of 18 pieces (&quot;medals&quot;) commemorating the &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteen_Arhats" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteen_Arhats" rel="nofollow">Eighteen Arhats</a>&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One side has the inscription 十八羅漢 which translates as &quot;Eighteen Arhats&quot; or &quot;Eighteen Lohans&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Chinese on the other side identifies this person as the &quot;Eleventh Arhat&quot; (第十一) whose name is <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/lohans11.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/lohans11.htm" rel="nofollow">Rahula</a> (羅怙羅尊者) also known as the &quot;Thinking Lohan&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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