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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1185408, member: 6229&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: darkorange">Bruce Lee on Coins</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">When the television screen first displayed a film that combined the three elements <b><i>Marshall Arts</i></b>action<i>, <b>Good vs Bad</b> </i>drama and an <b><i>Oriental</i></b>hero, Bruce Lee led the way.</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">Many of us were introduced to <b><i>Kung Fu </i></b>way back in 1966 when the <b><i>Green Hornet </i></b>television series was broadcast by <b><i>ABC</i></b>.</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">Perhaps you are one of many <b><i>Martial Arts</i></b> afficiados who frequented movie theaters to see &quot;Fists of Fury&quot; and/or &quot;Enter the Dragon.&quot; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">I&#039;ve watched <b><i>Kato </i></b>help defeat the bad guys many times on the <b><i>Green Hornet</i></b> series reruns and saw an encore presentation of &quot;Enter the Dragon&quot; just a couple months ago.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">In 1996 when Gibraltar authorized a series of gold coins be struck in proof titled &quot;Centenary of the Cinema,&quot; Bruce Lee was one of the honorees:</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">His image was placed on the reverse of the following gold pieces:</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">1. 1/25 gold Crown measuring 13.9mm and weighing 0.0400 ounces AGW (Actual Gold Weight).</font></p><p><font size="4">2. 1/10 gold Crown measuring `7.9mm and weighing 0.1000 ounces AGW.</font></p><p><font size="4">3. 1/5 gold Crown measuring 22mm and weighing 0.2000 ounces AGW.</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">All three coins bear the same design. Elizabeth II is featured on the obverses and Bruce Lee is the predominent image on the reverses (photo courtesy of Lynn Coins at lynncoins.com):</font></p><p><font size="4"><b><i>　</i></b></font></p><p><a href="http://lynncoins.com/96BLEE10.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lynncoins.com/96BLEE10.JPG" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://lynncoins.com/96BLEE10.JPG</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed seeing this tribuite to Bruce Lee...</font></p><p><font size="4">　</font></p><p><font size="4">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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