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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2783696, member: 75799&quot;]Japan. Tokugawa Shogunate. 1863-66.</p><p><br /></p><p>Akita clan. Tsuba &quot;Swordguard&quot; sen. Long tailed Phoenix. Hartill 7.3. Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>An unusual designed coin based on the favorite tsuba or sword guard of the Daimyo of Akita (秋田）province. The design bears the design of a pair of phoenixes on side and the Taoist Bagua or 8 Trigrams commonly associated with the I-Ching (an auspicious and amuletic symbol in the orient particularly among the Chinese). The design of the coin bears an exact resemblance to the guard of a samurai sword, a highly prized component of a the sword of the samurai.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst the phoenix needs little introduction, the Bagua 八卦would be foreign to most westerners as it is uniquely an Oriental symbol. Attributed to the legendary and Fuxi 伏羲，father of Chinese civilisation, the Bagua is formed from the combination broken (Yin) and unbroken (Yang) lines symbolizing the harmony and changes of opposites. On their own, each Trigram or Gua represents an aspect of the nature (Heaven, Earth, wind, fire, water, mountain, lake, thunder). When 2 gua combines, all possible variations form the 64 Trigrams of the I-Ching (Book of Changes) used not just for divination but also a study of Chinese philosophy and thought. Among the general populace, the Bagua is adopted for amuletic functions or into various esoteric associations from Feng Shui (Geomancy) to Martial Arts (Baguazhang).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Derivation of the 8 Trigrams </u></b>(source: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644690[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst there is also a shorter tailed Phoenix variant, the long tailed variant is rare.&nbsp; Starting with the value of 100 mon, the value depreciated to 80 mon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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