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Token - Year of the Goat
| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Composition | Gilt brass |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized goat in ancient Chinese decorative relief, rendered in a traditional archaic art style with spiral and scroll motifs forming the fleece and horns, standing on a ground line with grass tufts. The design is set against a recessed field, framed by a continuous Greek-key (meander) border pattern around the rim. |
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| Reverse description | The central raised circle bears the Chinese character for goat (羊) in relief. Surrounding it is an annular band divided into twelve segments, each containing a relief depiction of one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. The outermost border consists of a ring of raised dots, with a plain rim beyond. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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