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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1547302, member: 17118&quot;]The Chinese to the left of the portrait identifies the goddess as &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu_%28goddess%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu_%28goddess%29" rel="nofollow">Mazu</a>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese inscription at the top of the reverse side translates as &quot;People&#039;s Republic of China&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Japanese inscription above the reverse side of the coin translates as the &quot;Goddess of Navigation, Mazu&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the Japanese written above the list of 10 countries/flags, this is part of a set of large-scale world&nbsp; coins made of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a quick check on a Chinese website.&nbsp; It is a 10 <i>yuan</i> coin minted at the Shanghai mint in 1998.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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