Daily Coin #8 1934 1 Yuan Sun Yat-Sen "Junk Dollar"
Well fellow Steemiens here is Daily coin #8 , a 1934 1 Yuan Sun Yat-Sen "Junk Dollar".This gorgeous coin weighs in at 26.7 grams and has a diameter of 39 mm. It is 3mm thick .There was 128,740,000 of these great looking coins minted in 1934.
The obverse of this coin has Sun Yat Sen's effigy in profile looking toward the left with 8 Chinese characters above meaning: 23rd Year of the Republic.( the date ).
The reverse shows a sail boat with 2 Chinese characters one on the left and one on the right meaning One Yuan (1$) this coin is known as the "Junk Dollar".
Once more I thank you for looking at and (hopefully) upvoting my post !! mikegpo
@mikegpo, You Just Got Hammered!
Thank you silver-hammer I appreciate it !!!!
Nice piece of foreign silver!
Thank you for looking at my post sirstacksalot and for the upvote !!!!!
Nice coin GPO. Thanks for sharing👍
@silverd510 thank you for the comment and upvote my friend !!!!
Nice coin bro! Look at the cheek bones on that dude! 😂
It is purty eh Vessel !!!!!
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Its fun to see a different coin with a different story every day. Thanks Mike.
Thank you SS !!!!
What's the percentage of silver content?
Damn !!!! My bad It is 89% . I thought I put it in , so much for my proof reading skills eh !!!!!
Why the junk dollar Mike? Is it because there was so many of them?