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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
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What do the other sides look like?
I don't think these are Chinese Panda Gold Coins because they have no denomination or fineness percentage and they don't look at all like the 1990 Pandas.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would think it was some kind of olympics commemorative, but there were no summer olympics in 1990.
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like some medals for a sporting event. Something held at Beijing in 1990?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 11th Asian Games were held in Beijing. I wonder if they are from that? It had this for a mascot.  |
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 United States
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I probably should have said that in the first place. Both the holder and the coin say 11th Asian Games.  All the backs look the same. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The sixth piece from the top almost looks like it has "trails"  Wouldn't silver or gold coins mention the fineness? Whatever the metal might be, it's a nice memory of her visit. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I must admit, I have never seen an anthropomorphic panda holding a gun before.
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Valued Member
United States
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DVcolector:
Yes, it is quite nice. I like the worldly feel it gives my otherwise domestic collection.
And I have never been able to figure out what that particular bear is doing.
Nod:
What hole have you been hiding in? They run around all over the place here in MI.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am pretty sure that 6th panda is playing water polo, though I suppose it could also be synchronized swimming?
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Valued Member
United States
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From a personal standpoint, I don't think these have any serious value because of the aforementioned lack of mention of silver. But any idea of weight or size measurements?
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I would guess that these are commemorative medallions, coin-like in size but without a value on the coins. The material is normally a cheap metal, but they are nicely made, with colourized and antiqued surface colours. I would be surprised if they were precious metals, more probably copper, brass (which looks like gold), and copper-nickel or a mix of some of copper-nickel-zinc-tin-aluminum (which looks like silver).
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Posted 11/06/2009 2:30 pm
