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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 (HCR119320)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

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

Reverse

敬祝毛主席万寿无疆 / 中国抚顺, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119321)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

portrait bust of young Mao Zedong (military cap and collar), looking towards left; bright red background

Reverse

庆祝九大胜利召开 / 江西省革委军区, Star radiating multiple rays of light

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119323)

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

海字205 / 伟大的毛泽东思想万岁 / 欢迎军管会工宣队进驻我校纪念, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119324)

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

毛主席万岁, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119325)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

用毛泽东思想统帅一切, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; red background; inscription below bust

Reverse

海军北海舰队, inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119327)

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; silver striated rim

Reverse

毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119328)

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 / 武汉市革命委员会 / 鄂 1, Site of the Military Government at the time of the Wuchang Uprising; inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119329)

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; outline of star covering whole; flags below

Reverse

毛主席万岁, calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119331)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

colour portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong in green uniform (military cap and collar), facing towards right

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119332)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

Head of Chairman Mao Zedong, left; white

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119333)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

为人民服务, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong (military cap and collar), right; calligraphic inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119334)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛泽东选集, In book form, The Selected Works of Mao Zedong, in white; portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong, left, on red circular background; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119335)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

马列主义毛泽东思想万岁!, portrait busts in a row (left to right): Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin (military collar) and Mao Zedong (military collar), left; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119336)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, In book form, The Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung [Mao Zedong], in golden colour; recessed central portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong, left, on white circular background; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119337)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

一月革命万岁, Flaming torch in gold and red; inscription

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119338)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

为人民服务 / 毛泽东, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong in relief, left; red background; calligraphic inscription on white background

Reverse

4 / 上海 / 75?, inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119339)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

为人民服务 / 毛泽东, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong in relief, left; red background; calligraphic inscription on white background

Reverse

2 / 上海 / 751, inscription and number

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119340)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

Long Live the thought of Mao Tse-Tung!, portrait bust of Chairman Mao Zedong in relief, left; red background; English inscription in red on white background

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119341)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛泽东选集 / 第四卷, In book form, four volumes of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong, in white; central portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in relief, left; inscription in gold

Chinese Mao badge (HCR119342)

Period

Chinese

Person

Mao Zedong 毛泽东, 1893 - 1976

Dating

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Obverse

毛泽东选集, In book form; four volumes of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong, in red; central portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in relief, left; inscription in gold