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I read the book “Odd and Curious… An Original Coin World Feature” 1963 by Mort Reed. The author said the flower emblem on the following coins is a poppy. This is really astonished to me. Poppy is always regarded as an evil plant to Chinese history. Is it a misunderstanding by the author? Do you know what kind of the flower is or you know the truth behind? Hope to get a feedback from you. Thank you. Henry     (The coin pictures shown here are extracted from internet, not from my coins.) Edited by wonghinghi
01/31/2015 10:33 pm
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I would guess a chrysanthemum.
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...The author said the flower emblem on the following coins is a poppy. This is really astonished to me. Poppy is always regarded as an evil plant to Chinese history. Is it a misunderstanding by the author? According to the authoritative Chinese Baidu Encyclopedia, the flower in the center of the "Guizhou car dollar" coin is the hibiscus ( fu rong hua "花). (Sorry but the software on this forum does not display certain Chinese characters.) Gary |
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Thank you your quick respons, Gary. Yes, it is fu rong hua ("花 in Chinese). See the picture of this flower:  |
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Hibiscus must be right as a chrysanthemum would be the royal symbol of Japan, not something a chinese warlord would like to have on his coinage.
Furthermore the flower in the center is referred as a mint mark (or crest) by Eduard Kann (one of the greatest collectors and researchers of chinese silver coinage) as a mint mark of the Szechuan mint. He suggests, that the Kweichow auto dollars were also minted there as the province did not had its own mint.
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Another interesting fact is, that the car on this coin is a "Ford A convertible".
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Hibiscus must be right as a chrysanthemum would be the royal symbol of Japan, not something a chinese warlord would like to have on his coinage. While it is indeed the royal symbol of Japan, I believe chrysanthemums are depicted on some Chinese coins. Edited by MartiVltori
02/01/2015 7:43 pm
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I think, that what some people refer to a sa "chrysanthemum" on chinese coins is actually a stylized rosette or flower, but not ment to present a chrysathemum. The "chrysanthemum" is a highly political symbol and nobody in a pre-puppet state China would like to have it on a chinese coin. On puppet state coinage this might happen, but this also why they call the Japanese controlled puppet-states this way.
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He (Eduard Kann) suggests, that the Kweichow auto dollars were also minted there as the province did not had its own mint. I have reservation about this opinion. The following is a coin from Kansu, it is a 100 copper cash in Republic Year 15, also has a hibiscus at the centre. I don't think Szechuan mint could strike those coins for Kansu which is a province much far far away.   In Chinese numismatic book, car dollar of Kweichow was minted its capital city Kweiyang. Could anyone tell how to get a book or any reading materials written by Eduard Kann? |
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