A Second Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Chinese Character Counter Stamp That I'm Looking For A Meaning Of. Thanks.

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chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 09:41 am Thank you to macmercury and Sap for translating the last one. This one is stamped MUCH clearer than the previous one was. Thanks in advance for any help. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 10:38 am I tried, but for some reason my phone will not process Kanji. It does fine with Latin and Cyrillic, but Kanji is a hard fail. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 6:01 pm I'm pretty sure it's the character "shou", meaning "longevity". A traditional blessing at festive times like Chinese New Year is that people have fu, shou and lu (good fortune, long life, and prosperity/business success), so it would not surprise me to find "sets" of coins with all three characters stamped on them. Another common blessing using both the shou and fu characters is "shou shan fu hai", which literally means "longevity mountain fortune sea", but more poetically translated as "may you live to be as old as the mountains and with blessings as endless as the oceans". Again, coins with all four of these characters would be considered auspicious. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 6:22 pm Quote: I tried, but for some reason my phone will not process Kanji. It does fine with Latin and Cyrillic, but Kanji is a hard fail. Unless you want to offend people, don't call it "Kanji" in China. Traditional Chinese characters are only called "Kanji" in Japan. As for Google Translate's failures, I've noticed it has a hard time processing the characters on coins, when pointing my phone at a screen (such as with the OP's coin in this thread) - on a pixellated image with raised and lowered parts like an incuse stamp, it seems to have trouble telling where the strokes begin and end. On real-life Chinese-character signage, it seems to have less difficulty. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 6:22 pm Thanks sap. I wonder if the other counter stamps are out there. When it comes to counter stamped LMCs/LWCs I've learned never say never. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 10:38 am Quote: Unless you want to offend people, don't call it "Kanji" in China. Traditional Chinese characters are only called "Kanji" in Japan. I probably should have known better. My wife works in the Asian Studies department at a local university. Quote: As for Google Translate's failures, I've noticed it has a hard time processing the characters on coins, when pointing my phone at a screen... I tried a hand-drawn "copy" on paper, but it never "sees" it as a character. My old phone had no issues with it, as I recall pointing it at the (paused) TV screen to read all sort of foreign text in shows and/or movies. I will need to look into it more (I just got this phone last month). Maybe my wife has some printed items I can try... Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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A Second LMC Chinese Character Counter Stamp That I'm Looking For A Meaning Of. Thanks.