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When bats equal blessings and peaches equal longevity

lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This modern Chinese 10-yuan commemorative from the Auspicious Culture series ("Longevity") charmed me the first time I saw one a year or so ago, but I didn't buy it.

(As a "serious numismatist", I think I'm supposed to scoff at modern colorized coins, right?)

But it came to mind again, and last night I broke down and bought one. I just really like the quintessential Chinese character of those little bats flying around the gilt enamel peach design, which looks like antique lacquered art. I just found it beautiful, for some reason.

60,000 of these were minted, half of which went into sets.

Bats and peaches on the same side of the same coin. Who could have predicted that?


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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,584 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting, and thanks for sharing!

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool coin!

    But bats and China aren’t a good combination at this particular moment....

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bats taste like chicken right? Peace Roy

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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lordmarcovan said:

    (As a "serious numismatist", I think I'm supposed to scoff at modern colorized coins, right?)

    I'm pretty sure a lot of people have a guilty pleasure of some sort :smiley: I'm not even sure 'gilt' counts as colorized.

  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Namvet69 said:
    Bats taste like chicken right? Peace Roy

    My brother-in-law calls teriyaki chicken on a skewer, "rats on a stick". The kids love the food and the name.

    thefinn
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,464 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Has anyone here ever eated pigeon?


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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭

    Collect what you want my friend

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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭

    My latest for that Dansco Morgan dollar date set album you sold me


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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ajaan said:
    Has anyone here ever eated pigeon?

    Yes, at a Chinese wedding banquet. They use the English term “squab.”

  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,464 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had it one time in Thailand.


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