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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 (HCR119271)

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; Yan’an hills with pagoda; Yanhe bridge below

Reverse

毛主席万岁!, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119272)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛主席万岁, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; calligraphic inscription below bust

Reverse

永远忠于毛主席, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119273)

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; waves below; golden rim with continuous sunflower motif

Reverse

毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119274)

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; two [boats?] below; aeroplanes taking off [or missiles launched]

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 211, inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119275)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛主席万岁, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military cap and collar), left; red background; red sunray striations; five sunflowers, each with a Chinese character within (inscription); golden rim with dot pattern

Reverse

北京, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119276)

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; [?] below

Reverse

北京 / 毛主席万岁, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119277)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red stippled background; five-pointed star; golden frame

Reverse

毛主席万岁!, inscription

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

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119289)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

敬祝毛主席万岁无疆, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military collar), left; red sunray striations; Gate of Heavenly Peace with flags behind; golden rim; inscription on rim flanked by stars; cogwheel flanked by ears of corn below

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 中国人民解放军 / 北京市公安局军事管制委员会, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119290)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

532 [date], portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations; mountainous scene with three radar antennas and an observatory; [satellite to left?] commemorative date inscription in front of mountains

Reverse

中国科学院北京天文台, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119291)

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; revolutionary sites below, left to right: Jinggangshan, Gate of Heavenly Peace; hill and pagoda at Yan’an

Reverse

大海航行靠舵手干革命靠毛泽东思想 / 中国人民解放军 / 延字 / 部队, calligraphic inscription; inscription