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1921 Chinese Colonists in Peru Centennial

ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 1, 2017 8:56PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

A while back I visited Machu Picchu in Peru and while I saw many Japanese tourists, the local Peruvians told me that lots of Chinese people live in Peru. I was reminded of this when I recently ran across the following medal online. Does anyone have any background on this?

Recuerdo de la colonia China conmemorando el primer centenario del Peru. 28 del Julio de 1921

Google Translate does a commendable job:

Remembrance of the Chinese colony commemorating the first centenary of Peru. July 28, 1921

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  • coffeycecoffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭

    cool history

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,988 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great looking mint state medal.
    The obverse design is really lovely.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's pretty cool.

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