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Medal - Year of the Tiger
| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Polychrome inlaid design on a dark ground depicting a crouching tiger in naturalistic relief, rendered in golden, orange, and white tones against a rocky outcrop. The animal is shown in profile facing left with head raised, occupying the central field of the round piece. |
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| Reverse description | Dark ground with gilt Chinese characters arranged in concentric circular registers. The central field bears the large character 寅 (Yín, the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac cycle), surrounded by an outer ring of the twelve Earthly Branches and additional cyclical characters in gilt against the dark surface. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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