Monday, October 28, 2013

Year 2013: Snake Fan-Shaped Chinese Silver Coin

Patience was the strategy for a good deal in this coin.



Sunday, July 28, 2013

1992 Chinese Historical Figures Silver Set

 Cai Wen Ji
(177 - 254, Han Dynasty)
Poet and Musician

 花木兰
Hua Mu Lan
(Northern Wei)
General
 
 王昭君
Wang Zhao Jun
(50BC, Western Han Dynasty)
Chief Consort of Xiongnu, one of Four Great Beauties of China
 
 Xiao Zhuo
(953 - 1009)
Strategist

郑成功
Zheng Cheng Gong
(1624 - 1662, Ming - Qing Dynasty)
Military leader

Friday, May 24, 2013

1990 Chinese Historical Figures Silver Set

 李时珍
Li Shi Zhen
(1518 - 1593, Ming Dynasty)
Doctor, Herbalist and Acupuncturist  

 李自成
Li Zi Cheng
(1606 - 1646, Ming Dynasty)
Rebel Leader who overthrew the Ming Dynasty and ruled China as Emperor during Shun Dynasty (1644 - 1646)
 
 罗贯中
Luo Guan Zhong
(1331 - 1400, late Yuan & early Ming Dynasty)

郑和
Zheng He
( 1371 - 1433, Ming Dynasty)
Eunuch, Marine Explorer, Diplomat & Fleet Admiral

1987 Chinese Historical Figures Silver Set

杜甫
Du Fu
(712 - 770, Tang Dynasty)
Poet


李白
Li Bai 
(701 - 762, Tang Dynasty)
Poet

Li Chun
(Sui Dynasty)
Craftsman & Designer of world's oldest open spandrel stone segmental arch bridge, Zhao Zhou Bridge (), located in Southern part of Hebei Province

 松贊干布
Song Zhan Gan Bu
(583 - 660AD)
Founder of Tibetan Empire 


Vanishing Hut Variety of Du Fu


Vanishing Skirt of Princess Wencheng

1988 Chinese Historical Figures Silver Set

毕升
Bi Sheng
(990 - 1051AD, Song Dynasty) 
Inventor of Movable Type (1041 - 1048)

李清照
Li Qing Zhao
(1081 - 1141, Song Dynasty)
Writer and Poet

苏轼
Su Shi
(8 January 1037 - 24 August 1101, Song Dynasty)
Writer, Poet, Painter and Calligrapher
岳飞
Yue Fei
(24 March 1103 - 27 January 1142, Southern Song Dynasty)
Patriotic Military General


Varieties of the flags