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Medal - Year of the Snake
| Location | People's Republic of China |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | Coloured relief design depicting a green snake coiled around the branch of a flowering tree above a rocky landscape, in a traditional Chinese ink-painting style. The Chinese characters 巳蛇 (Year of the Snake) appear in the upper right field, with two red seal stamps and a calligraphic artist's signature in the lower left. The weight and fineness legend 1 oz / Ag.99.9 is inscribed in the lower centre field. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the large Chinese character 福 (fortune/good luck) in relief within a mirror-polished recessed circle bordered by a ring of beads. Surrounding this central motif is a raised annular band divided into twelve segments, each depicting one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals in stylised relief. |
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