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Unknown Chinese Medal - Any Ideas?

mnemtsas2mnemtsas2 Posts: 745 ✭✭✭
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It's 38mm, 21.2g so probably white metal.

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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    The side with only text reads, "Pictures of the Eight Immortals." The figure on the other side is labeled "Han Zhongli." Han Zhongli (aka Zhongli Quan) was one of the Eight Taoist Immortals. Here is the relevant wiki page: Han Zhongli. My guess is that this is piece is one of an eight-piece set since Mr. Zhongli was the head of a group of eight immortals.

    EDIT: I fixed a mistranslation... image
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    And here is the Chinese wiki page on the guy: linky
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Correction: It was "Pictures of the Eight Immortals" on the reverse.
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