Series: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/series.php?id=9627
Source:
- https://www.ebay.com/itm/295126702286
the cover of the certificate has lettering (CN) 中国十二生肖
I created this series with the name in English “Chinese zodiac” but, according to Google Translator, the name could be “Chinese zodiac signs”, but keeping the characteristics in parentheses to avoid using the same name in other series of China.
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- Name
- (EN): Chinese zodiac signs (Left to right; silver/gold plated; coloured; 40 mm)
- (ES) Signos del zodíaco chino (izquierda a derecha; chapado en plata/oro; coloreado; 40 mm)
- (local): 中国十二生肖
- (other languages): (delete to translate again)
- Description (EN): (see below)
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Series dedicated to the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Chinese folkway held that one's personality is related to the attributes of their zodiac animal. The twelve zodiac signs are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
The series consists of two sets of twelve tokens, one made of silver plated copper and one made of gold plated copper, minted by China Money Stamp in twelve consecutive years around 2000 and 2015. The obverses depict coloured scenes with people dressed in traditional Chinese style and the zodiac animal for the issuing year, and the reverses depict the Chinese zodiac.
