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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26623267, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">China (People&#039;s Republic): 2016 gilt-enamel proof silver 10-yuan; &quot;Auspicious Culture: Longevity&quot;</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS PR70 DCAM.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85911585" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85911585" rel="nofollow">Cert. #85911585</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/267166" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/267166" rel="nofollow">Numista-267166</a>, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/china-peoples-republic-10-yuan-km-2297-2016-cuid-1843545-duid-1843553" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/china-peoples-republic-10-yuan-km-2297-2016-cuid-1843545-duid-1843553" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-2297</a>.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">.999 silver, .9636 oz.&nbsp; Diameter: 40 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 30 g.&nbsp; Mintage: 60,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin, representing &quot;Longevity&quot;, is part of the annual Auspicious Culture series of commemoratives.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse: national emblem of the People&#039;s Republic of China.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Reverse: colorized gilt enamel image of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_peach" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_peach" rel="nofollow">longevity peaches</a> and bats, which are symbols of good fortune.&nbsp; “<i>Wu fu gong shou</i>” in Chinese, meaning “five blessings surround longevity” (each bat apparently represents a blessing).</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I thought bats and peaches were an interesting combination, and the the enamelwork of the colorized side is very attractive.&nbsp; I think it resembles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonn%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonn%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">Cloisonné</a>.&nbsp; </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS encapsulated the coin with the colorized (reverse) side forward, so that is how I have oriented it in these images.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-eBay.&nbsp; Purchased in the slab, with the original mint certificate included.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1697656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697660[/ATTACH] </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #ffffff"><font size="5">009900</font></span></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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