Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2717556, member: 75799&quot;]Republic of China.&nbsp; 1932.</p><p><br /></p><p>Year 31 Silver &quot;Birds over junk&quot; dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>When the government was considering issuing a new public circulating silver dollar, they issued the following series which depicted a Chinese junk with a rising sun and 3 birds flying above. When released, they quickly realized an overwhelming resistance and disapproval from the public as the rising sun became associated with Japan whilst the 3 birds looked like battle aircrafts. It coincided with a period of intense rivalry and resistance against the Japanese imperialistic ambitions in China. Thus the design was quickly removed from circulation and replaced with the well known junk dollar bearing the same design minus the sun and the birds.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]614826[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in