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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3390582, member: 57463"]The previous topic got noisy with irrelevancies.</p><p>May we begin again and stay on topic with "Numismatics and Vexillology"?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]900712[/ATTACH] </p><p>From Civitas Galleries. (mine do not scan up well) These are known from the provincial mints as well in 10, 20, and 100. The two flags are the 18-Stars Flag and the Five Colors Flag. The first represents the 17 provinces and the national government. The five colors were assigned for the five peoples ("races") of China: Han, Manchu, Tibetan, Mongols, and Hui. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]900723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]900724[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Above are my two "Flag of Our Union" tokens. In the original thread PickinAndGrinnin posted a great example, Unc apparently. In all cases, the reverse legend "IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN / SHOOT HIM ** ON THE SPOT **" is the rarer variety (R3). The error "... ON THE SPOOT" is the more common.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]900729[/ATTACH] </p><p>Of the Allied Occupation Currency, I believe that only France's national flag is on the back of those notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3390582, member: 57463"]The previous topic got noisy with irrelevancies. May we begin again and stay on topic with "Numismatics and Vexillology"? [ATTACH=full]900712[/ATTACH] From Civitas Galleries. (mine do not scan up well) These are known from the provincial mints as well in 10, 20, and 100. The two flags are the 18-Stars Flag and the Five Colors Flag. The first represents the 17 provinces and the national government. The five colors were assigned for the five peoples ("races") of China: Han, Manchu, Tibetan, Mongols, and Hui. [ATTACH=full]900723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]900724[/ATTACH] Above are my two "Flag of Our Union" tokens. In the original thread PickinAndGrinnin posted a great example, Unc apparently. In all cases, the reverse legend "IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN / SHOOT HIM ** ON THE SPOT **" is the rarer variety (R3). The error "... ON THE SPOOT" is the more common. [ATTACH=full]900729[/ATTACH] Of the Allied Occupation Currency, I believe that only France's national flag is on the back of those notes.[/QUOTE]
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