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Token - Year of the Snake
| Location | People`s Republic of China |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | High-relief depiction of a coiled snake as the central device, rendered in fine detail against a decorative background of stylized clouds and scrollwork. The border is composed of a continuous row of raised beads. No legend is present. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the large Chinese character 福 (Fu, meaning 'good fortune') in high relief. Surrounding the central character, a border of twelve square panels each depicts one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac in relief, separated by a raised decorative frame. |
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| Reverse lettering | 福 |
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