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5 Dollars - Cixi
| Location | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1910-1950 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Empress Dowager Cixi in high relief, wearing an elaborate imperial headdress with ornamental star-shaped finials and dangling tassels, dressed in embroidered imperial robes with floral motifs. The portrait fills the field within a beaded inner border and an outer reeded rim. |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the stylized Chinese character 壽 (longevity) enclosed within a beaded circular border, surrounded symmetrically by five stylized bats rendered in high relief, each depicted in flight with folded wings, representing the traditional Chinese wu fu (five blessings) motif. The composition is framed by a reeded outer border. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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