Identify Chinese Dragon Yin-Yang Silver Round

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rawdod New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/05/2012 11:01 pm I got this silver round the other day, I suspect its a silver round made by a Chinese company for consumtion inside china only, I' haven't been able to find this exact coin anywhere online. It would be nice to know what it said. Report this Post to the Staff

nicwinner Valued Member Australia 262 Posts	Posted 03/06/2012 04:59 am looks awesome, however I cannot help you as I cannot read chinese,maybe silver plated, I guess it's not a coin,maybe amulet. Report this Post to the Staff
rawdod New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/06/2012 06:34 am I know one of the characters means OX which is another chinese zodiac character, it very well could be silver plated but its roughly the same weight as the rest of my silver oz coins/rounds. Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 03/06/2012 12:28 pm One side has a five-claw dragon playing with a flaming pearl. A dragon with five claws symbolizes the emperor. The dragon is surrounded by five bats which symbolize the "Five Happinesses". The Chinese inscription reads fu gui ji xiang (富貴吉祥) which translates as "wealth, honor and auspicious wishes". The other side has the "taiji" (yinyang) symbol in the center. It is surrounded by the "Eight Trigrams" (bagua). The dots connected by the zigzag lines refer to star constellations. The Chinese characters adjacent to the rim include the "Ten Heavenly Stems", "Twelve Earthly Branches" and names of some of the "Eight Trigrams". The character which looks like niu (牛) meaning "ox" is actually a similar character wu (午) which is one of the "Twelve Earthly Branches". There is no date, denomination, composition or mint so it should probably be considered a medal as opposed to a coin. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
rawdod New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/06/2012 1:10 pm Thanks Gary! Report this Post to the Staff
denny5 Valued Member Australia 59 Posts	Posted 03/06/2012 8:05 pm Definitely not a coin. I guess this is kind of products for Fengshui purpose but I can't tell. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 12:48 am how do you know if it's even silver to start off with? My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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