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Token - Vermilion Bird
| Location | People's Republic of China |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Vermilion Bird (Zhu Que), one of the Four Divine Beasts of Chinese mythology, rendered in vivid polychrome colour with wings fully spread in flight against a textured gold field with swirling cloud and flame motifs. The two-character Chinese legend reading 朱雀 appears in raised relief to the right of the device. |
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| Obverse lettering | 朱 雀 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a central Bagua (Eight Trigrams) symbol with a Yin-Yang (Taijitu) in the centre, surrounded by the four cardinal compass directions each occupied by one of the Four Divine Beasts: the Black Tortoise (Xuanwu) at top, the Azure Dragon (Qinglong) at left, the White Tiger (Baihu) at right, and the Vermilion Bird (Zhuque) at bottom. Radiating lines emanate from the central device across the plain field. |
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