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Medal - Geomantic Compass
| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Weight | 9.46 g |
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| Reverse description | A geomantic compass (Luopan) design in relief, featuring concentric rings inscribed with Chinese characters representing the Eight Trigrams (Bagua), the Eight Directions, and the Twelve Earthly Branches, centered on a raised Yin-Yang (Taiji) symbol. The entire design is enclosed by the same Greek-key meander border as the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
| Reverse lettering | (12地支) 卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥、子、丑、寅 (八宮方位) 震、巽、離、坤、兌、乾、坎、艮 (八宮方位) 東、東南、南、東北、西、西南、北、西北 (Translation: 12 Earthly Branches: Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, Zi, Chou, Yin Eight Palaces: Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, Qian, Kan, Gen Eight Directions: East, Southeast, South, Northeast, West, Southwest, North, Northwest) |
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