The official Chinese Jubilee collection: 50 Years of the World Wildlife Fund. The People’s Bank of China commemorates this anniversary with this exclusive set: 2 coins + 1 medal in pure .999 silver!
Macau – Cultural Center – 1000 Patacas – 2005 – Pick 84 – Crisp Uncirculated
Hong Kong – Standard Chartered Bank – $1000 – 2003 – Pick 295 – Crisp Uncirculated
China – Unicorn – 10 Yuan – 1994 – Brilliant Uncirculated – 1 Ounce .999 Silver Coin – Case & COA
Absolutely gorgeous set of Chinese Lunar Series medals, all housed in a quality wood presentation case.
Macau – Torre de Macau – 500 Patacas – 2005 – Pick 83 – Crisp Uncirculated
The design features a mother panda and her cub with a bamboo thicket in the background; the face value and purity of 99.9% are also prominently displayed. The other side features the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The Taoist temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420; the complex was extended and renamed Temple of Heaven in the 16th century. It was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. ( Stock Photo, Certification numbers will very )
Japanese Sumo Wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts in Japan. Sumo wrestlers were a favorite subject on Japanese woodblock prints. Sumo wrestling is enjoying rising popularity – comparable to basketball in North America or soccer in Europe. Sumo has its roots in the Shinto religion. The matches were dedicated to the gods in prayers for a good harvest. The oldest written records date back to the 8th century. But the early forms of the Sumo tradition are probably more than 1500 years. Sumo prints from the 18th and 19th century prove the popularity of the sport in the past. During the last two decades the art of Sumo wrestling was able to establish itself even outside of Japan. Akebono, an American born in Hawaii, became the first American champion to reach the highest rank. This is the premiere of famous Japanese woodblock prints depicted on a legal tender coin.
Mongolia has over 11 extensive regions with plenty of water resources covering a total area of almost 3,700,000 acres. The lakes play a fundamentally important role in supplying the country’s ground water needs. Vast reed beds and extensive aquatic plant communities provide a suitable habitat for a large number of breeding and migratory water birds. There are 18 species of birds included in the Mongolian red data book. One of them is the mute swan (cygnus olor). This swan breeds in sub-arctic and taiga habitats of Eurasia which extend as far as Mongolia in the Far East. On average they lay five eggs, each weighing around twelve ounces. The incubation period is 31 days and the grey cygnets weigh seven to eight ounces when they hatch. At up to thirty pounds, adult whooper swans are among the heaviest of all migratory birds. Even so, they can travel at speeds in excess of fifty-five miles per hour. This Bank of Mongolia issue displays a mute swan in a typically Mongolian lake district. The silver coin also features a very special addition in the form of the flower of the water lily, itself a Swarovski component.
Japanese Sumo Wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts in Japan. Sumo wrestlers were a favorite subject on Japanese woodblock prints. Sumo wrestling is enjoying rising popularity – comparable to basketball in North America or soccer in Europe. Sumo has its roots in the Shinto religion. The matches were dedicated to the gods in prayers for a good harvest. The oldest written records date back to the 8th century. But the early forms of the Sumo tradition are probably more than 1500 years. Sumo prints from the 18th and 19th century prove the popularity of the sport in the past. During the last two decades the art of Sumo wrestling was able to establish itself even outside of Japan. Akebono, an American born in Hawaii, became the first American champion to reach the highest rank. This is the premiere of famous Japanese woodblock prints depicted on a legal tender coin.
Listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Coins as KM-43.
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