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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 614426, member: 4703&quot;]The bust appears to be Sun Yat Sen, and the Chinese legend is essentially the same as the English one, with no date.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that your piece dates from 1916 or later.&nbsp; The Manchu traitor Gen. Yuan Shi Kai (whose bust appears on the so-called &quot;Fat Man Dollars) attempted to in turn betray the Republic he had helped to victory over the Imperial army by declaring himself the new Emperor.&nbsp; Although he was never formally installed as such, and remained &quot;President&quot; in name until his death in 1916, I can&#039;t believe that he would have allowed Sun Yat Sen to be honored above himself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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