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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7402610, member: 102103"]The reverse looks much more like a good luck charm than a coin design.</p><p>I thing the characters are: 天賜鴻福 (tian1ci4hong2fu2)</p><p>"Heaven bestows great blessings"</p><p>I believe the bird is the Chinese phoenix, 鳳凰 (fenghuang), a traditional symbol of good luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: The phoenix is rare on Chinese coins, but common on amulets/luck charms. It turns out there were <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=chine_republique&r=phoenix&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=chine_republique&r=phoenix&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">a few</a> official circulating Chinese coins with a phoenix on them, though I've never seen one in person. The Japanese version of the phoenix is common on 50 sen coins, though (see middle two coins).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287474[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7402610, member: 102103"]The reverse looks much more like a good luck charm than a coin design. I thing the characters are: 天賜鴻福 (tian1ci4hong2fu2) "Heaven bestows great blessings" I believe the bird is the Chinese phoenix, 鳳凰 (fenghuang), a traditional symbol of good luck. Edit: The phoenix is rare on Chinese coins, but common on amulets/luck charms. It turns out there were [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=chine_republique&r=phoenix&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=']a few[/URL] official circulating Chinese coins with a phoenix on them, though I've never seen one in person. The Japanese version of the phoenix is common on 50 sen coins, though (see middle two coins). [ATTACH=full]1287473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287474[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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