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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5366062, member: 110504&quot;]Yike, my uncle, a Sinologist (and New England WASP) who speaks fluent Cantonese, said the same thing about older Chinese cash. </p><p>...Regarding family dynamics more broadly, where coins are concerned, Yeah, that&#039;s kind of the default mode.&nbsp; Going back several decades, I gave my niece several LRBs that would otherwise be most of the best in my collection.&nbsp; Once, at a rare, effectively random family gathering, she asked me if I could do more with the attributions.&nbsp; I said, &#039;Sure, let me look at &#039;em.&#039;&nbsp; She never got back to me about it.&nbsp; Don&#039;t even know if she&#039;s sold them all, for (expletive of choice; mine would go, &#039;D--b-A-s&#039;) money.</p><p>If people don&#039;t have a shred of broader historical literacy, operative on cultural and political levels, this is kind of what you get.&nbsp; ...Comparable to the inexorable result of several recent presidential elections.&nbsp; Especially in an ostensible representative democracy, the consequences are not only annoying; they&#039;re (expletive of choice) Dangerous.&nbsp; ...Sorry to end on such a cheerful note.&nbsp; (--And Here&#039;s Another One: along with historical literacy, what ever happened to Irony?&nbsp; I can at least Remember that....)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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