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East Asia

The East Asian Collection is one of the most important in Europe with more than 20,000 coins. It includes approximately 15,000 Chinese coins – through the entire history of China from 600 BC to the 21th century, and 3,000 Korean coins – from the Koryŏ period to Korea's first modern milled coinage (1882). Vietnamese coins and Chinese amulets are also well represented. The Japanese coin collection of 1,600 coins has been documented by Nobuhisa Furuta, Shin’ichi Sakuraki and Lyce Jankowski.

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119249)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

韶山, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; mountains and buildings of Shaoshan below bust

Reverse

1 / 中国北京 / 毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119250)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations; Gate of Heavenly Peace below

Reverse

6.26 [指示] / 把医疗卫生的重点放到农村去, inscription and commemorative date

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119251)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119252)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

毛主席万岁, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119253)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119254)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

half-length portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong waving with right hand, facing left; red sunray striations; a sea of flags behind; five large flags in foreground; upper portion of the globe and clouds below

Reverse

世界进入毛泽东思想新时代, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119255)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

永远忠于毛主席, large central star; inscription below

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119256)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

祝毛主席万岁无疆 / 北京红旗? / 毛主席接见首都工农毛泽东思想宣传队纪念 / 85, inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119257)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military cap and collar), left; globe or the world in red; large crowd of people with arms raised; red flags behind

Reverse

二炮司令部 / 欢呼世界进入伟大的毛泽东思想新时代, large sunflower in centre; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119258)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

young Mao Zedong walking though mountains on way to Anyuan; wearing scholar’s gown; umbrella under arm

Reverse

一九二一年秋毛主席去安源亲自点燃了安源的革命烈火, Lighthouse on rocks emanating rays of light; star above; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119260)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; Yan’an scene with hills, pagoda and Yanhe bridge; caves in hill; waves below bridge

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 北京/ 2, Calligraphic inscription; inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119261)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119263)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; red sunray striations; flags bearing hammer and sickle motif; Gate of Heavenly Peace below

Reverse

敬祝毛主席万寿无疆 / 后字236部队 (4), inscription and numbers

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119264)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations; golden rim with continuous raised dot pattern

Reverse

毛主席万岁!, large star in centre; calligraphic inscription below

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119265)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

泸定桥, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; Luding Bridge below; inscription; flags on hill and bridge

Reverse

1 / 毛主席万岁 / 中国北京, calligraphic inscription; inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119266)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

日出???, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; Shaoshan below; inscription below

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 中国黑龙江, star in centre; inscription below

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119267)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military collar), left; red sunray striations

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 东海舰后, calligraphic inscription; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119268)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; golden background; red sunray striations; nine flags below; five sunflowers below

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 4..??9?, inscription, second part undecipherable

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119269)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red globe background; large flag behind bust, prominent flagpole to left; sun with sunrays above; Gate of Heavenly Peace below

Reverse

总政电影制片局革命委员会成立纪念, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119270)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations

Reverse

永远忠于毛主席, inscription