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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 (HCR119296)

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; red sunray striations; golden rim

Reverse

毛主席万岁! 万岁! 万万岁! / 吉化机, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119297)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

5. 7, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; red sunray striations; globe below; five sunflowers below; numerical inscription

Reverse

毛主席万岁!, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119299)

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

Reverse

北京部队后勤部, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119300)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛泽东思想胜利万岁, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red sunray striations; calligraphic inscription below bust

Reverse

无限忠于毛主席, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119301)

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 background; red sunray striations; seven sunflowers below bust

Reverse

北京 / 光焰无际的毛泽东思想万岁, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119302)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

世界革命人民心中的红太阳, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background in the form of a globe; inscription

Reverse

The red sun in the hearts of the world’s revolutionary people, inscription in English

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119303)

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 on broad rim; repeated heart motif around rim

Reverse

large star in centre

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119304)

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; red background; red sunray striations; battleship in billowing waves; three low-flying aeroplanes below bust

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 433, central star; inscription and number

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

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119315)

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; striations; inscription below bust; plant?

Reverse

LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN MAO 中国纺织品进出口总公司, inscription in English and Chinese

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119316)

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; red background fashioned as globe; rows of people with arms raised and hands joined; flags flying in background

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 7.1. 皖 107, inscription; date and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119317)

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; battleship in rolling waves below

Reverse

毛主席万岁 / 中国人民解放军 / 海军 / 政治部, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119318)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

星星之火可以燎原, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; red sunray striations; flags below; Jinggangshan with flag at summit; calligraphic inscription below bust; continuous star pattern on rim

Reverse

LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN MAO 中国纺织品进出口总公司, Inscription in English and Chinese

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119319)

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 background; red sunray striations; The Gate of Heavenly Peace below, flanked by six flags; seven sunflowers below

Reverse

忠 / 永远忠于毛主席, loyalty character on stippled background; inscription